Willard

/ˈwɪlərd/
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Other forms: Willards

Definitions of Willard
  1. noun
    United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
    synonyms: Emma Hart Willard
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    example of:
    educator, pedagog, pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  2. noun
    United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
    synonyms: Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
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    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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