Search Result for "sir_francis_bacon":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);
[syn: Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sir Francis Bacon n 1: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn: Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]