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• Clarence Seward Darrow (noun)
  1. 1857-1938 united States lawyer famous for his defence of lost causes
• Seward Peninsula (noun)
  1. a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle
• Seward's Folly (noun)
  1. the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia
• Seward, William Henry
  1. (1801-72) a US politician in the REPUBLICAN PARTY who was SECRETARY OF STATE from 1861 to 1869. He helped to arrange the deal in which the US bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. At the time, many people thought Alaska was a bad piece of land to buy, and they called it 'Seward's Folly'.
• William Henry Seward (noun)
  1. 1801-1872 known at the time as Seward's Folly united States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia
• William Seward Burroughs (noun)
  1. 1855-1898 united States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine
  2. 1914-1997 united States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts
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