noun
English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
• Syn: ↑Bacon, ↑Francis Bacon, ↑Sir Francis Bacon, ↑Baron Verulam, ↑Viscount St. Albans
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader, ↑philosopher
Useful english dictionary. 2012.