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Noun: Matthew Calbraith Perry
  1. United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
    - Matthew C. Perry, Perry

Type of: naval officer

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