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Noun eli whitney has 1 sense
  1. Whitney, Eli Whitney - United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
    --1 is a kind of inventor, discoverer, artificer; manufacturer, producer

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Eli Whitney

Noun: Eli Whitney refers to an American inventor, engineer, and manufacturer who is best known for his invention of the cotton gin.

Example sentence: Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States.

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