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STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Synonyms:
Douglas; Little Giant; Stephen A. Douglas; Stephen Arnold Douglas
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Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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