frederick : Idioms & Phrases

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charles frederick menninger

  • noun United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
    Menninger; Charles Menninger.
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charles frederick worth

  • noun French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
    Worth.
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frederick barbarossa

  • noun Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
    Frederick Barbarossa; Barbarossa.
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frederick carleton lewis

  • noun United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
    Lewis; Carl Lewis.
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frederick childe hassam

  • noun United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935)
    Hassam; Childe Hassam.
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frederick delius

  • noun English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934)
    Delius.
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frederick douglass

  • noun United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
    Douglass.
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frederick i

  • noun son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713)
  • noun Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
    Frederick Barbarossa; Barbarossa.
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frederick ii

  • noun king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
    Frederick II.
  • noun the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
    Frederick II.
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frederick jackson turner

  • noun United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
    Turner.
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frederick james furnivall

  • noun English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
    Furnivall.
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frederick law olmsted

  • noun United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
    Olmsted.
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frederick loewe

  • noun United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
    Loewe.
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frederick moore vinson

  • noun United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
    Vinson.
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frederick north

  • noun British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
    North; Second Earl of Guilford.
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frederick sanger

  • noun English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
    Fred Sanger; Sanger.
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frederick soddy

  • noun English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956)
    Soddy.
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frederick the great

  • noun king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)
    Frederick II.
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frederick william

  • noun the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
    Great Elector.
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frederick william i

  • noun son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740)
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frederick william ii

  • noun king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)
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frederick william iii

  • noun king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)
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frederick william iv

  • noun king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)
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george frederick handel

  • noun a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
    Georg Friedrich Handel; George Frideric Handel; Handel.
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holy roman emperor frederick ii

  • noun the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
    Frederick II.
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maurice hugh frederick wilkins

  • noun English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
    Maurice Wilkins; Wilkins.
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maxfield frederick parrish

  • noun United States painter (1870-1966)
    Parrish; Maxfield Parrish.
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sir frederick ashton

  • noun British choreographer (1906-1988)
    Ashton.
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sir frederick gowland hopkins

  • noun English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
    Hopkins.
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sir frederick grant banting

  • noun Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
    Banting; F. G. Banting.
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sir frederick handley page

  • noun English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
    Page.
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sir frederick william herschel

  • noun English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
    William Herschel; Herschel; Sir William Herschel.
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sir john frederick william herschel

  • noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
    Sir John Herschel; Herschel; John Herschel.
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william frederick cody

  • noun United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
    William F. Cody; Buffalo Bill; Buffalo Bill Cody; Cody.
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