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LORD NELSON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

Synonyms:

Admiral Nelson; Horatio Nelson; Lord Nelson; Nelson; Viscount Nelson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

admiral; full admiral (the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral)

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 Context examples: 

Rumours of war were in the air, however, and it was necessary that he should use his influence with Lord Nelson if a vacancy were to be found either for himself or for me.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But when I ventured to glance at Lord Nelson I found, to my surprise, that, far from showing any embarrassment, he was smiling with pleasure, as if this gross flattery of her ladyship’s were the dearest thing in all the world to him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)