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 [gahr-vee]  

gar·vey

   [gahr-vee]
noun, plural gar·veys.
a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.
Origin:
1895–1900; probably from a proper name

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Gar·vey

   [gahr-vee]
noun
Marcus (Mo·zi·ah)  [moh-zahy-uh] , 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
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Garvey (ˈɡɑːvɪ)
 
—n
Marcus. 1887--1940, Jamaican Black nationalist leader, active in the US. He founded (1914) the Universal Negro Improvement Association and led the Back-to-Africa movement: gaoled for fraud (1925--27)

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