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

1 sense of sir henry bessemer

Sense 1
Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer -- (British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898))
       INSTANCE OF=> metallurgist, metallurgical engineer -- (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)