n. family name; Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English chemist and physicist who discovered the properties of hydrogen and demonstrated that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen; William Cavendish (1720-1764), 4th Duke of Devonshire, British statesman, former Prime Minister of Britain (1756-1757)
CAVENDISH
Meaning of CAVENDISH in English
Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012