stanford

English Thesaurus

1. a university in California (noun.artifact)

instance hypernym	:	university,
definition	:	establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	palo alto,
definition	:	a university town in California (noun.location)

2. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	businessman, man of affairs,
definition	:	a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) (noun.person)