Snowden

//ˈsnəʊ.dən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname, variant of Snowdon. countable, uncountable

    "[D]isclosures about America's own focus on cyberweaponry – including American-led attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and National Security Agency documents revealed in the trove taken by Edward J. Snowden, the former agency contractor – detail the degree to which the United States has engaged in what the intelligence world calls "cyberexploitation" of targets in China."

  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

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"The story of Edward Snowden has reminded us once again that even the walls have ears."

Etymology

From Snowdon.

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