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Smith⋅son

[smith-suhn]
–noun
James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
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Smith·son   (smĭth'sən)   
British chemist, mineralogist, and philanthropist. His gift to the United States helped establish (1846) the Smithsonian Institution.
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