eli whitney

1. 1.

   United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

   SynonymsWhitney

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Questions about eli whitney

What does eli whitney mean?

eli whitney means "United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)".

What is another word for eli whitney?

Close synonyms include Whitney. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eli whitney a common word?

eli whitney is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.