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JOHN LLEWELLY LEWIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
Synonyms:
John L. Lewis; John Llewelly Lewis; Lewis
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Instance hypernyms:
labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)