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How to pronounce wilson

IPA transcription: ['wɪlsən]

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Noun

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

  • English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)

  • Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

  • United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)

  • Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)

  • American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)

  • United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)

  • Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

  • United States literary critic (1895-1972)

  • 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)

  • a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)

Usage examples

  • Colin Edwin does not appear in this track, Wilson plays the bass instead.
  • This presented the Wilson administration with a dilemma.
  • Rees then flew to Chequers for talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
  • Wilson has a dramatic soprano vocal range.
  • Doctor Darius Wilson was a Louisville physician and avid fratalnalist.
  • Wilson met his future wife, Jane Akre, at a journalism convention in Washington.
  • He was born in Wilsonville, in Boyle County, Kentucky, near Parksville.
  • Wilson found the inedia claims of Neumann suspicious.
  • Thomas Wilson was educated at Saint Mary's College, Aberdeen.
  • Supposedly involved in a conspiracy, Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution offering him protection.