The Clue
Newfoundland explorer (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CABOT
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Notes
The answer CABOT is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.
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Definition
CABOT as a noun:
1. (Cabot, Sebastian Cabot) = son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
2. (Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato) = Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)