Anderson

Other forms: Andersons

Definitions of Anderson

1. noun

   United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
   synonyms: Sherwood Anderson

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   author, writer

   a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2. noun

   United States dramatist (1888-1959)
   synonyms: Maxwell Anderson

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   dramatist, dramaturge, playwright

   someone who writes plays
3. noun

   United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
   synonyms: Marian Anderson

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   contralto

   a woman singer having a contralto voice
4. noun

   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

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   nuclear physicist

   a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
5. noun

   United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
   synonyms: Phil Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson

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   physicist

   a scientist trained in physics