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

1 sense of elisha graves otis

Sense 1
Otis, Elisha Graves Otis -- (United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861))
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)