Generate a topic word for the given sentence. A topic word is usually the name of a person, place, animal, concept or object the sentence is focusing on.

laurie cunningham is a former football player.
laurie cunningham

meaning is a term in linguistics and philosophy.
meaning

john scaddan (4 august 1876 – 21 november 1934) was the 10th premier of western australia from 7 october 1911 to 27 july 1916.

john scaddan