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Stim⋅son

  [stim-suhn]
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–noun
Henry L(ewis), 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1911–13, 1940–45; Secretary of State 1929–33.
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Stim·son   (stĭm'sən)   
American public official who served as U.S. secretary of state (1929-1933) and as secretary of war (1940-1945) during World War II. He was the chief adviser on atomic weaponry to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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