Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wilson"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Wilson
n 1: English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn:
{Wilson}, {Sir Angus Wilson}, {Angus Frank Johnstone
Wilson}]
2: Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
[syn: {Wilson}, {Alexander Wilson}]
3: United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic
microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: {Wilson}, {Robert
Woodrow Wilson}]
4: Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of
plate tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: {Wilson}, {John Tuzo
Wilson}]
5: American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: {Wilson},
{James Wilson}]
6: United States entomologist who has generalized from social
insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
[syn: {Wilson}, {E. O. Wilson}, {Edward Osborne Wilson}]
7: Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber
(1869-1959) [syn: {Wilson}, {Charles Thomson Rees Wilson}]
8: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: {Wilson}, {Edmund
Wilson}]
9: 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) [syn: {Wilson}, {Woodrow Wilson}, {Thomas
Woodrow Wilson}, {President Wilson}]
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