william penn

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   Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

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Questions about william penn

What does william penn mean?

william penn means "Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)".

What is another word for william penn?

Close synonyms include Penn. 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 william penn a common word?

william penn 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.