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Ad⋅dams

  [ad-uhmz]
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–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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Ad·dams   (ād'əmz)   
American cartoonist known for the macabre humor and Gothic settings of his cartoons, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker.
Addams, Jane 1860-1935.  
American social reformer and pacifist who founded Hull House (1889), a care and education center for the poor of Chicago, and worked for peace and many social reforms. She shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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