JAMES WATT

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Meaning:

Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)

Synonyms:

James Watt; Watt

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)