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A·bra·ham Lin·coln
 Abraham Lincoln
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- pronunciation:
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the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), who was Commander-in-Chief of the Union troops during the American Civil War and who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, thus bringing an end to slavery in the United States (b.1809--d.1865).
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Lincolnesque (adj.) |
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