Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roger_bacon

1 sense of roger bacon

Sense 1
Bacon, Roger Bacon -- (English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
       INSTANCE OF=> scientist -- (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)