Fuller (Noun)
Meaning 1
A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Melville Fuller was an American attorney and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910.
- In 1888 Melville Fuller was nominated by President Grover Cleveland to become the eighth Chief Justice of the United States.
- Chief Justice Melville Fuller presided over the Plessy v Ferguson case in 1896.
- Melville Fuller served as the Chief Justice of the United States for 22 years from 1888 until his death in 1910.
- Fuller was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States and he was a strong advocate for the principles of federalism.
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Meaning 3
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.