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

1 sense of sir humphrey davy

Sense 1
Davy, Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy -- (English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)