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Edison

edi·son

UK/ˈe.ɖɪ.sən/ US/ˈɛd.ɪ.sən/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)

Origin

A name whose meaning is "son of Edward", equivalent to Eddie + -son.

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