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What does Bentham mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Bentham? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An English habitational surname​ derived from any of several places.
  2. Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.
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To his great credit, Bentham used these critical gifts in a socially reformist spirit, to improve the common weal.
Henceforth Bentham always wore his green coat with scarlet lapels, scarlet waistcoat with gold lace, and white breeches.
The salmon parr were released at 12 sites including Shap, Sedbergh, Bentham and Ingleton.
Otherwise they are nonsense upon stilts, as Jeremy Bentham would have said.
Members of the public crammed into Bentham Town Hall to voice their concerns about a proposal to refurbish the building.
To codify is to classify, and Bentham might be defined as a codifying animal.

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