What does "columbus" mean?

A person who makes a great discovery.

What is a synonym for "columbus"?

Common synonyms include: capital of ohio, christopher columbus, col's.

Columbus

//kəˈlʌmbəs// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
A person who makes a great discovery.
""It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world.""

Verb

1
To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. dated, possibly, slang
""But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!""
2
To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. US, derogatory, slang
"When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in."

Proper Noun

1
A male given name from Latin.
2
A surname.
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Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
4
Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated.

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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A village in Adams County, Illinois.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, previously a township.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; An unincorporated community and inactive township in Johnson County, Missouri.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A village in Luna County, New Mexico.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A town in Chenango County, New York.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:; A number of townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska and Pennsylvania, listed under Columbus Township.