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Wilkes

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Noun

1. john wilkes, wilkes

English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)

2. charles wilkes, wilkes

United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wilkes

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noun
1. 
Charles. 1798–1877, US explorer of Antarctica
2. 
John. 1727–97, English politician, who was expelled from the House of Commons and outlawed for writing scurrilous articles about the government. He became a champion of parliamentary reform

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Wilkes

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1. 
Charles1798-1877; U.S. naval officer & explorer
2. 
John1727-97; Eng. political reformer

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

Wilkes

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American naval officer and explorer of Antarctica and the Pacific coast of North America. Wilkes Land was named after him.

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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