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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908);
[syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris]

2. United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992);
[syn: Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris]

3. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878);
[syn: Harris, Townsend Harris]

4. Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931);
[syn: Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris]

5. British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984);
[syn: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris]

6. publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713);
[syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Harris n 1: United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908) [syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris] 2: United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) [syn: Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris] 3: United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) [syn: Harris, Townsend Harris] 4: Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931) [syn: Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris] 5: British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) [syn: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris] 6: publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) [syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]