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| 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. |
| 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. |