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Newman

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Newman

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n
United States film actor (born in 1925)
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English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Newman
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n United States film actor (born in 1925)

Synonyms:
Paul Leonard Newman, Paul Newman
Example of:
actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian
a theatrical performer
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n English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)

Synonyms:
Cardinal Newman, John Henry Newman
Example of:
archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate
a senior clergyman and dignitary
theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer
someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
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