WHITMAN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802=1847)
   Synonym(s)
   • Marcus Whitman (what does Marcus Whitman mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Whitman is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • missionary (what does missionary mean?)
2. Meaning
   • United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)
   Synonym(s)
   • Walt Whitman (what does Walt Whitman mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Whitman is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • poet (what does poet mean?)