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JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Synonyms:
James Cleveland Owens; Jesse Owens; Owens
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Instance hypernyms:
athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)