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ferdinand de lesseps
  • n  French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
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feosol
  • n  trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some kinds of anemia
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fer-de-lance
  • n  large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
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ferber
  • n  United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
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ferdinand
  • n  the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
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ferdinand and isabella
  • n  joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I
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ferdinand de saussure
  • n  Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
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ferdinand i
  • n  Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
  • n  king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
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