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bacon
(bā′kən)
noun
salted and smoked meat from the back or sides of a hog
Origin: ME & OFr < OS baco, side of bacon; akin to OHG bahho, back
- Bacon, Francis Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans 1561-1626; Eng. philosopher, essayist, & statesman
- Bacon, Francis 1909-92; Brit. painter, born in Ireland
- Bacon, Nathaniel 1647-76; Am. colonist born in England: leader of a rebellion (1676) which sought social reform
- Bacon, Roger 1214?-94; Eng. philosopher & scientist
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noun
The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , of Germanic origin
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English philosopher, essayist, courtier, jurist, and statesman. His writings include The Advancement of Learning (1605) and the Novum Organum (1620), in which he proposed a theory of scientific knowledge based on observation and experiment that came to be known as the inductive method.
, Francis 1909-1992.
Irish-born British painter best known for his portraits in which subjects are distorted and invested with feelings of terror.
, Nathaniel 1647-1676.
English-born American colonist who led Bacon's Rebellion (1676), in which a group of frontiersmen captured and burned Jamestown in an attempt to gain reforms and greater participation in the government of Virginia.
, Roger Known as “Doctor Mirabilis.” 1214?-1292.
English friar, scientist, and philosopher whose Opus Majus (1267) argued that Christian studies should encompass the sciences.
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