English Dictionary: William of Wykeham |
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well-informed
adj 1: possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers" [syn:
{intelligent}, {well-informed}]
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- William Averell Harriman
- n
- United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the
Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
Synonym(s): Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman
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- William Beaumont
- n
- United States surgeon remembered for his studies of
digestion (1785-1853)
Synonym(s): Beaumont, William Beaumont
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- William Benjamin Hogan
- n
- United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments
(1912-1997)
Synonym(s): Hogan, Ben Hogan, William Benjamin Hogan
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- William Blake
- n
- visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827) [syn:
Blake, William Blake]
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- William Bligh
- n
- British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789
when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
Synonym(s): Bligh, William Bligh, Captain Bligh
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- William Bradford
- n
- United States printer (born in England) whose press
produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
Synonym(s): Bradford, William Bradford
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- William Bradford Shockley
- n
- United States physicist (born in England) who contributed
to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
Synonym(s): Shockley, William Shockley, William Bradford Shockley
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- William Burroughs
- n
- United States writer noted for his works portraying the
life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
Synonym(s): Burroughs, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs
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- William Butler Yeats
- n
- Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939) [syn: Yeats,
William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats]
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- William Butterfield
- n
- English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
Synonym(s): Butterfield, William Butterfield
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- William Byrd
- n
- English organist and composer of church music; master of
16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
Synonym(s): Byrd, William Byrd
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- William F. Cody
- n
- United States showman famous for his Wild West Show
(1846-1917)
Synonym(s): Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody
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- William Falkner
- n
- United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about
people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
Synonym(s): Faulkner, William Faulkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, Falkner, William Falkner
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- William Faulkner
- n
- United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about
people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
Synonym(s): Faulkner, William Faulkner, William Cuthbert Faulkner, Falkner, William Falkner
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- William Felton Russell
- n
- United States basketball center (born in 1934) [syn:
Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell]
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- William Franklin Graham
- n
- United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass
evangelist (born in 1918)
Synonym(s): Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham
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- William Frederick Cody
- n
- United States showman famous for his Wild West Show
(1846-1917)
Synonym(s): Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody
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- William Fulbright
- n
- United States senator who is remembered for his creation of
grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
Synonym(s): Fulbright, William Fulbright, James William Fulbright
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- William H. Bonney
- n
- United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men
(1859-1881)
Synonym(s): Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid
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- William Hoover
- n
- United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum
cleaners (1849-1932)
Synonym(s): Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
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- William Hubbs Rehnquist
- n
- United States jurist who served as an associate justice on
the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
Synonym(s): Rehnquist, William Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist
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- William IV
- n
- King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended
the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)
Synonym(s): William IV, Sailor King
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- William of Occam
- n
- English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of
Occam's Razor (1285-1349)
Synonym(s): Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham
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- William of Ockham
- n
- English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of
Occam's Razor (1285-1349)
Synonym(s): Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham
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- William of Orange
- n
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland; he married the
daughter of James II and was invited by opponents of James II to invade England; when James fled, William III and Mary II were declared joint monarchs (1650-1702)
Synonym(s): William III, William of Orange
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- William of Wykeham
- n
- English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford
and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
Synonym(s): Wykeham, William of Wykeham
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- William Patterson
- n
- American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a
member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)
Synonym(s): Paterson, William Patterson
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- William Penn
- n
- Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of
Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Synonym(s): Penn, William Penn
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- William Penn Adair Rogers
- n
- United States humorist remembered for his homespun
commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
Synonym(s): Rogers, Will Rogers, William Penn Adair Rogers
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- William Pitt
- n
- English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
Synonym(s): Pitt, William Pitt, Second Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Younger
- English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
Synonym(s): Pitt, William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Elder
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- Wollemi pine
- n
- newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long
extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Well-informed \Well`-in*formed"\, a.
Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished
with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
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