HyperDic: eli_whitney

English > 1 sense of the expression Eli Whitney:
NOUNperson Eli Whitney, WhitneyUnited States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
English > Eli Whitney: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825).
SynonymWhitney
Instance ofinventor, discoverer, artificersomeone who is the first to think of or make something
manufacturer, producersomeone who manufactures something
SpanishEli Whitney, Whitney
CatalanEli Whitney, Whitney

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