SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)

Synonyms:

Bannister; Roger Bannister; Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

four-minute man (someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes)

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