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ANDERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
Synonyms:
Anderson; Carl Anderson; Carl David Anderson
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
Synonyms:
Anderson; Marian Anderson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
contralto (a woman singer having a contralto voice)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States dramatist (1888-1959)
Synonyms:
Anderson; Maxwell Anderson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
Synonyms:
Anderson; Phil Anderson; Philip Anderson; Philip Warren Anderson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
Synonyms:
Anderson; Sherwood Anderson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples:
You must have had Miss Anderson in your eye, in describing an altered young lady.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Next moment I was face to face with Anderson.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
When Anderson first introduced me to his family, about two years ago, his sister was not out, and I could not get her to speak to me.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Now, that's about where we are, every mother's son of us, thanks to him, and Hands, and Anderson, and other ruination fools of you.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
And a very pretty story it is, and with more truth in it, I dare say, than does credit to Miss Anderson.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Why, it was Anderson, and Hands, and you, George Merry!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Miss Anderson!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Anderson's ball—for it was Job that shot him first—had broken his shoulder-blade and touched the lung, not badly; the second had only torn and displaced some muscles in the calf.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Andersons of Baker Street.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
