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Nobel Prize

noun No·bel Prize \nō-ˈbel-, ˈnō-ˌbel-\

: one of six annual prizes that are awarded to people for important work in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and economics and for helping to bring about peace in the world

Full Definition of NOBEL PRIZE

:  any of various annual prizes (as in peace, literature, medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity —called also Nobel
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First Known Use of NOBEL PRIZE

1900

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