Noun has 3 senses

• dewey(n = noun.person) melvil dewey, melville louis kossuth dewey - United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931);


• dewey(n = noun.person) admiral dewey, george dewey - a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War;


• dewey(n = noun.person) john dewey - United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952);

Derived form adjective deweyan₁