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Noun: Abraham Lincoln
  1. 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
    - Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln

Type of: attorney, Chief Executive, lawyer, POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, United States President

Encyclopedia: Abraham Lincoln, 2nd Inaugural Address