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HALDANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
Synonyms:
First Viscount Haldane of Cloan; Haldane; Richard Burdon Haldane; Richard Haldane
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Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
Synonyms:
Elizabeth Haldane; Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane; Haldane
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Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
Synonyms:
Haldane; John Haldane; John Scott Haldane
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Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Synonyms:
Haldane; J. B. S. Haldane; John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
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Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)