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Skinner

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Noun

1. otis skinner, skinner

United States actor (1858-1942)

2. cornelia otis skinner, skinner

United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)

3. b. f. skinner, burrhus frederic skinner, fred skinner, skinner

United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)

4. skinner

a person who prepares or deals in animal skins

5. mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner

a worker who drives mules

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Skinner

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noun
a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
noun
B(urrhus) F(rederic). 1904–90, US behavioural psychologist. His "laws of learning", derived from experiments with animals, have been widely applied to education and behaviour therapy

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Skinner

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B(urrhus) F(rederic)1904-90; U.S. psychologist
noun
1. 
a person who strips skins or processes them for market
2.  US, Informal
a (mule) driver

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

Skinner

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American psychologist noted for his experimental insights into conditioned responses. His books Walden Two (1948) and Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971) advocate applying these insights to social planning.
n.
1. One that flays, dresses, or sells animal skins.
2. A mule driver.

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