Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan;
brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858);
[syn: Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Matthew Calbraith Perry
n 1: United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan
and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations
between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard
Perry (1794-1858) [syn: Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry]