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Frobisher

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1. Frobisher - Noun

2. Frobisher - Proper noun

Meaning

English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)

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Examples

After 1959, the Canadian government established permanent services at Frobisher Bay, including full-time doctors, a school and social services. Source: Internet

A little farther, across Frobisher Bay, are the Katannilik Territorial Park Reserve and the Soper Heritage River Park forming a park corridor linking Iqaluit along traditional overland travel routes with Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour). Source: Internet

Elizabeth I of England kept a "unicorn horn" in her cabinet of curiosities, brought back by Arctic explorer Martin Frobisher on his return from Labrador in 1577. Source: Internet

Long regarded as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, the place chosen had traditionally been named Iqaluit "place of many fish" in Inuktitut but Canadian and American authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it abuts. Source: Internet

The first season follows the class action case against Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), who has bilked his employees out of their life savings. Source: Internet

The second story (the piano player, Frobisher) was my favorite, but the part about the publisher is a flat-out comedy. Source: Internet

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