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Pat•ter•son
(pat′ər sən),USA pronunciation n.
- BiographicalEleanor Medill ("Cissy'' ), 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- Biographical Floyd, born 1935, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1956–59, 1960–62.
- Biographical Frederick Douglass, born 1901, U.S. educator.
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