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Gillette

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname, variant of Gillett. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A ghost town in Teller County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A city, the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. countable, uncountable

    "In those 18 years, Gillette, a small town in northeastern Wyoming, has changed from a group of houses and a railroad depot servicing a ranching and farming community to a mining boomtown, growing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent a year."

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  1. 6
    A brand of razor blade countable, uncountable

    "In the men's room he watched a man about his own age pathetically trying to shave a five-day beard with a rusty Gillette razor he had probably found in a trash bin."

Etymology

Alternative form of Gillett. * Razor brand: invented by American businessman King C. Gillette.

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