Wilson

Other forms: Wilsons

Definitions of Wilson

1. noun

   American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
   synonyms: James Wilson

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   American Revolutionary leader

   a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States
2. noun

   Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
   synonyms: Alexander Wilson

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   ornithologist

   a zoologist who studies birds
3. noun

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

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   author, writer

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

   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

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   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
5. noun

   Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
   synonyms: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

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   nuclear physicist

   a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
6. noun

   United States literary critic (1895-1972)
   synonyms: Edmund Wilson

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   literary critic

   a person whose job is to analyze published creative writing
7. noun

   English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
   synonyms: Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson

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   author, writer

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

   Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
   synonyms: John Tuzo Wilson

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   geophysicist

   a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
9. noun

   United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
   synonyms: Robert Woodrow Wilson

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   physicist

   a scientist trained in physics
10. noun

    United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
    synonyms: E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson

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    bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist

    a zoologist who studies insects
11. noun

    a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
    synonyms: Mount Wilson

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    mountain peak

    the summit of a mountain