Abraham Lincoln
/ˈeɪbrəhæm ˈlɪŋkən/
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- (n.) 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), whose legal and political legacy significantly influenced U.S. constitutional law, including issues of union, emancipation, and executive power.
Abraham Lincoln's legal arguments during his presidency laid the groundwork for the Emancipation Proclamation.
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- abraham lincoln
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As a proper noun, 'Abraham Lincoln' primarily refers to the historical legal and political figure; it is not inflected and does not possess morphological variants requiring further definition.
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