Noun beethoven has 2 senses
  1. Beethoven, van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven - German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
    --1 is a kind of composer
  2. Beethoven - the music of Beethoven; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all"
    --2 is a kind of
    music
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