Addams

[ ad-uhmz ]

noun
  1. Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.

  2. Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.

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British Dictionary definitions for Addams

Addams

/ (ˈædəmz) /


noun
  1. Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

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