bacon (Noun) — Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.
bacon (Noun) — 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).
bacon (Noun) — English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).