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Noun: Nobel  now'bel
  1. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)
    - Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Derived forms: Nobels

Type of: altruist, chemist, philanthrope [archaic], philanthropist

Encyclopedia: Nobel, Ontario