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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

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The 23rd President of the United States who served from 1889 to 1893
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbɛnʤəmɪn ˈhɛrɪsən/
: Benjamin Harrison
  • Benjamin Harrison served as President from 1889 to 1893.

Examples

  • Benjamin Harrison signed the Sherman Antitrust Act into law during his presidency.

  • During Benjamin Harrison's term, electricity was installed in the White House for the first time.

  • Many historians study the foreign policies of Benjamin Harrison to understand late 19th-century America.

  • President Benjamin Harrison was known for his economic policies.

  • Benjamin Harrison signed the Sherman Antitrust Act into law during his presidency.

  • During Benjamin Harrison's term, electricity was installed in the White House for the first time.

  • Benjamin Harrison served as President from 1889 to 1893.

Synonyms

Harrison
vsBenjamin Harrison
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The 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893

is the full personal name rather than the shorter surname form

Surface Forms

Benjamin Harrison main

Morphology

Benjamin + Harrison

This is a proper-name referring to a specific historical person; knowing the constituent names 'Benjamin' and 'Harrison' only signals a personal name and does not reveal the encyclopedic meaning (that he was the 23rd U.S. President). The referential, historical information is not compositionally derivable from the parts, so a B1 learner who only knows the words would not infer the full meaning.

Etymology

Benjamin Harrison belongs to the 23rd President of the United States, who lived from 1833 to 1901. He was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, so you can remember him as part of a family of presidents. He is remembered for signing a law to limit very large companies and for having electricity put in the White House, so the name often points to those events.