dix : Idioms & Phrases


dorothea dix

  • noun United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
    Dorothea Dix; Dix.
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dorothea lynde dix

  • noun United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
    Dorothea Dix; Dix.
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dorothy dix

  • noun United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951)
    Gilmer; Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer.
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