SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY

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Meaning:

Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

Synonyms:

Henry M. Stanley; John Rowlands; Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Stanley

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)

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