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Willard

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Willard

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n
United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
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n
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Willard
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n United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)

Synonyms:
Emma Hart Willard
Example of:
educator, pedagog, pedagogue
someone who educates young people
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n United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)

Synonyms:
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
Example of:
dry, prohibitionist
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
suffragist
an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
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