w gates
noun
1.
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
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| 1. | Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation |
| 2. | Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987) |
| 3. | Horatio. ?1728--1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777) |
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W gates
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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gate
O.E. gæt (pl. geatu) "opening, passage," from P.Gmc. *gatan (cf. O.N., O.S., O.Fris., Du. gat "an opening"), of unknown origin. Meaning "money collected from selling tickets" dates from 1896. Gate-crasher is from 1927.
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