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MARIE STOPES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Synonyms:
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes; Marie Stopes; Stopes
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Instance hypernyms:
birth-control campaigner; birth-control reformer (a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning)