1. (noun)
bacon
- back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
2. (noun)
Bacon, Roger Bacon
- 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)
3. (noun)
Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans
- English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)