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

2 senses of sanger

Sense 1
Sanger, Frederick Sanger, Fred Sanger -- (English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918))
       INSTANCE OF=> biochemist -- (someone with special training in biochemistry)

Sense 2
Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger -- (United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966))
       INSTANCE OF=> nurse -- (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))