English noun: Anderson | |||
1. | Anderson (person) United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) | ||
Synonyms | Sherwood Anderson | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
2. | Anderson (person) United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) | ||
Synonyms | Phil Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson | ||
Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
3. | Anderson (person) United States dramatist (1888-1959) | ||
Synonyms | Maxwell Anderson | ||
Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright | ||
4. | Anderson (person) United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) | ||
Synonyms | Marian Anderson | ||
Instance hypernym | contralto | ||
5. | Anderson (person) United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) | ||
Synonyms | Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson | ||
Instance hypernym | nuclear physicist | ||