townsend harris

1. 1.

   United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

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Questions about townsend harris

What does townsend harris mean?

townsend harris means "United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)".

What is another word for townsend harris?

Close synonyms include Harris. 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 townsend harris a common word?

townsend harris 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.