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SHEPARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Synonyms:
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.; Alan Shepard; Shepard
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
astronaut; cosmonaut; spaceman (a person trained to travel in a spacecraft)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
Synonyms:
Sam Shepard; Shepard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)