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Noun: Father of the Submarine
  1. American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
    - Bushnell, David Bushnell

Type of: artificer, discoverer, inventor

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