NOUN | person | Little Giant, Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas | United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery |
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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). | |
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Synonyms | Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas | |
Instance of | politician, politico, pol, political leader | A person active in party politics |
Spanish | Stephen A. Douglas | |
Catalan | Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas |
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