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Grover Cleveland

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Cleve⋅land

[kleev-luhnd]
–noun
1. (Stephen) Gro⋅ver [groh-ver] , 1837–1908, 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. 1885–89, 1893–97.
2. a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie. 573,822.
3. a county in N England. 565,400; 225 sq. mi. (583 sq. km).
4. a city in SE Tennessee. 26,415.
5. a city in NW Mississippi. 14,524.
6. Mount, a mountain in NW Montana: highest peak in the Lewis Range in the Rocky Mountains. 10,466 ft. (3192 m).
7. a volcano on Chuginadak Island in the Aleutians, SW Alaska. 5676 ft. (1730 m).
8. a male given name.
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Cleveland,   (Stephen)
The 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). He was known as an honest, independent President opposed to corruption and the spoils system.
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Cultural Dictionary

Cleveland, Grover

A Democratic party political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who was president from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 — the only president ever to serve nonconsecutive terms. Cleveland's presidencies were marked by his fight against corruption in the federal government and by his efforts to solve national financial problems.


Cleveland

Largest city in Ohio, on Lake Erie.

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Word Origin & History

Cleveland 
laid out 1796 by Gen. Moses Cleaveland and later named for him. His descendants included U.S. President Grover Cleveland. The family name is from place names in England based on M.E. cleove, a variant of cliff.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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