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Graham

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Noun

1. billy graham, graham, william franklin graham

United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

2. graham, martha graham

United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

3. graham, graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour

flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (whole meal flour' is British usage)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Graham

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noun
1. 
Martha. 1893–1991, US dancer and choreographer
2. 
Thomas. 1805–69, British physicist: proposed Graham's law (1831) of gaseous diffusion and coined the terms osmosis, crystalloids, and colloids
3. 
William Franklin, known as Billy. 1918–2018, US evangelist
noun
(modifier) mainly US and Canadian
made of graham flour
graham crackers

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Graham

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1. 
Billy(born William Franklin Graham) 1918- ; U.S. Christian evangelist
2. 
Martha1893?-1991; U.S. dancer & choreographer
adjective
designating or made of whole-wheat flour

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Graham

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American newspaper executive who as publisher of the Washington Post (1969-1979) oversaw the controversial publication of the Pentagon Papers (1971) and the exposure of the Watergate scandal (1972-1974).
American reformer who advocated temperance, sexual restraint, and a vegetarian diet that included bread made from coarsely ground whole-wheat flour.
American religious leader who has conducted evangelical tours worldwide.
American dancer and choreographer. A central figure in modern dance, she founded the Dance Repertory Theatre in New York City in 1930. Her works include Appalachian Spring (1944) and Clytemnestra (1958).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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