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Noun: Townsend
  1. United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
    - Francis Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend

Type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer

Encyclopedia: Townsend, Raymond

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