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Al⋅cott

[awl-kuht, -kot]
–noun
1. (Amos) Bron⋅son [bron-suhn] , 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
2. his daughter, Louisa May, 1832–88, U.S. author.
3. a male given name.
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Al·cott   (ôl'kət, -kŏt, ŏl'-)   
American educator and transcendentalist philosopher who maintained that learning should be based on pleasure and imagination instead of discipline.
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888.  
American writer and reformer best known for her largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).
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