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noun
Any of the group of American teachers sent to the Philippines in 1901, or arriving in the first few years on the American Colonial Period of the Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A Christadelphian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Thomas + -ite, after the USAT Thomas transport ship on which they travelled.
From Thomas + -ite, after Dr John Thomas of Brooklyn (1805-71).
