English dictionary
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English noun: Wilson | |||
| 1. | Wilson (person) author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) | ||
| Synonyms | Harriet Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 2. | Wilson (person) English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) | ||
| Synonyms | Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 3. | Wilson (person) Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) | ||
| Synonyms | Alexander Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | bird watcher, ornithologist | ||
| 4. | Wilson (person) United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918) | ||
| Synonyms | Robert Woodrow Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
| 5. | Wilson (person) Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) | ||
| Synonyms | John Tuzo Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | geophysicist | ||
| 6. | Wilson (person) American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) | ||
| Synonyms | James Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | American Revolutionary leader | ||
| 7. | Wilson (person) United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) | ||
| Synonyms | E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist | ||
| 8. | Wilson (person) Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) | ||
| Synonyms | Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | nuclear physicist | ||
| 9. | Wilson (person) United States literary critic (1895-1972) | ||
| Synonyms | Edmund Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | literary critic | ||
| 10. | Wilson (person) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | Chief Executive, President, President of the United States, United States President | ||
| 11. | Wilson (object) a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) | ||
| Synonyms | Mount Wilson | ||
| Instance hypernym | mountain peak | ||
| Part meronym | San Juan Mountains | ||
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