Bacon meaning

noun

1. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

2. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

   SynonymsRoger Bacon

3. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

   SynonymsFrancis BaconSir Francis BaconBaron Verulam1st Baron VerulamViscount St. Albans