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Wilson

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Wilson

1
 n
American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
2
 n
a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Wilson
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n American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)

Synonyms:
James Wilson
Example of:
American Revolutionary leader
a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States

n Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

Synonyms:
Alexander Wilson
Example of:
bird watcher, ornithologist
a zoologist who studies birds

n author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

Synonyms:
Harriet Wilson
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

n 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)

Synonyms:
President Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
Example of:
Chief Executive, President, President of the United States, United States President
the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

n Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

Synonyms:
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Example of:
nuclear physicist
a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics

n United States literary critic (1895-1972)

Synonyms:
Edmund Wilson
Example of:
literary critic
a critic of literature

n English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)

Synonyms:
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

n Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)

Synonyms:
John Tuzo Wilson
Example of:
geophysicist
a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth

n United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)

Synonyms:
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Example of:
physicist
a scientist trained in physics

n United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)

Synonyms:
E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
Example of:
bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist
a zoologist who studies insects
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n a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)

Synonyms:
Mount Wilson
Example of:
mountain peak
the summit of a mountain
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