Swift

/swɪft/
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Other forms: Swifts

Definitions of Swift
  1. noun
    an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
    synonyms: Dean Swift, Jonathan Swift
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    example of:
    ironist, ridiculer, satirist
    a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
  2. noun
    United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
    synonyms: Gustavus Franklin Swift
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    example of:
    meat packer, packer
    a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
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