Stephen Arnold Douglas

Definitions of Stephen Arnold Douglas
  1. noun
    United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
    synonyms: Douglas, Little Giant, Stephen A. Douglas
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    pol, political leader, politician, politico
    a person active in party politics
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