Ford

Ford

1.) trademark one of the world's largest car companies, which is based in the US and has factories in many countries

2.) a car made by this company

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Ford, Ford Mad|dox

(1873-1939) a British writer of many poems, articles, and novels, including The Good Soldier and Parade's End, which relate his experiences as an army officer in France in World War I

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Ford, Ger|ald

(1913-) a US politician in the ↑Republican Party who became President of the US in 1974 after Richard Nixon was forced to ↑resign (=leave his job) because of ↑Watergate.

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Ford, Harrison

(1942- ) a US actor who is famous for appearing in films about exciting adventures, such as ↑Star Wars (1977), and for appearing as the character Indiana Jones in a series of films such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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Ford, Henry

(1863-1947) a US businessman and engineer, who started making cars in 1896 and established the Ford Motor Company. He developed the idea of the ↑assembly line (=system in which each worker is responsible for one small part of the process of making something) , and this made it possible to produce cars in large numbers.

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Ford, John

(1895-1973) a US film ↑director famous for his ↑westerns (=films about the American west in the 19th century) . His films include Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Searchers (1956).