noun
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
• Syn: ↑Bell, ↑Alexander Bell
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer
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(1847–1922) a scientist and ↑inventor who is best known for inventing the telephone. He was born in Scotland but from 1872 lived in the US, where he later started the Bell Telephone Company which became one of the largest companies in America.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.