wilson Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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