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fleming
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fleming has 3 senses
- fleming(n = noun.person) ian fleming, ian lancaster fleming - British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964); Array is a kind of author, writer
- fleming(n = noun.person) alexander fleming, sir alexander fleming - Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955); Array is a kind of bacteriologist
- fleming(n = noun.person) Array - a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian; Array is a member of belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium
is a kind of belgian
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fleming, n.
1 a native of medieval Flanders in the Low Countries.
2 a member of a Flemish-speaking people inhabiting N. and W. Belgium (see also WALLOON).
1 a native of medieval Flanders in the Low Countries.
2 a member of a Flemish-speaking people inhabiting N. and W. Belgium (see also WALLOON).
Etymology
OE f. ON Fl{aelig}mingi & MDu. Vlaming f. root of Vlaanderen Flanders
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