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Noun: Benton  ben-t(u)n
  1. United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
    - Thomas Hart Benton, Old Bullion
     
  2. United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
    - Thomas Hart Benton
Adjective: bent on
  1. Fixed in your purpose
    "bent on going to the theatre";
    - bent, dead set, out to

See also: resolute

Type of: legislator, painter

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