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Priest·ley (prēst′lē)

  1. Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) 1894-1984; Eng. novelist, playwright, & literary critic
  2. Priestley, Joseph 1733-1804; Eng. scientist & theologian, in the U.S. after 1794: discoverer of oxygen

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