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English Dictionary: Hoover by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hoover
n
  1. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
    Synonym(s): Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
  2. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
    Synonym(s): Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
  3. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
    Synonym(s): Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
  4. a kind of vacuum cleaner
v
  1. clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hoover, AL (city, FIPS 35896)
      Location: 33.37533 N, 86.81904 W
      Population (1990): 39788 (17038 housing units)
      Area: 61.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35244
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