Walton

/ˈwɔltn/
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Other forms: Waltons

Definitions of Walton
  1. noun
    English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)
    synonyms: Izaak Walton
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
    synonyms: E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, Ernest Walton
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    example of:
    nuclear physicist
    a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
  3. noun
    English composer (1902-1983)
    synonyms: Sir William Turner Walton, Sir William Walton, William Walton
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    example of:
    composer
    someone who composes music as a profession
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