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Benton

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Noun

1. benton, thomas hart benton

United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)

2. benton, old bullion, thomas hart benton

United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Benton

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noun
Thomas Hart. 1889–1975, US painter of rural life; a leader of the American Regionalist painters in the 1930s

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Benton

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1. 
Thomas Hart1782-1858; U.S. senator (1821-51)
2. 
Thomas Hart1889-1975; U.S. painter; grandnephew of the senator

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Benton

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American artist noted for his stylized depictions of life in the Midwest and South in paintings and murals such as The History of Missouri (1936).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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