1. (

• Hoover ,
• William_Hoover ,
• William_Henry_Hoover

) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) ;

2. (

• Hoover ,
• J._Edgar_Hoover ,
• John_Edgar_Hoover

) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) ;

3. (

• Hoover ,
• Herbert_Hoover ,
• Herbert_Clark_Hoover ,
• President_Hoover

) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964) ;

4. (

• Hoover

) a kind of vacuum cleaner ;

1. (

• vacuum ,
• vacuum-clean ,
• hoover

) clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" ;