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MITCHELL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

Synonyms:

Arthur Mitchell; Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)

Synonyms:

John Mitchell; Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)

Synonyms:

Margaret Mitchell; Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell; Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)

Synonyms:

Maria Mitchell; Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

Synonyms:

Billy Mitchell; Mitchell; William Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 6

Meaning:

English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

Synonyms:

Mitchell; R. J. Mitchell; Reginald Joseph Mitchell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

aeronautical engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft)

Credits

 Context examples: 

As nothing could well be done before morning, and as it would be at least advisable to wait till Lord Godalming should hear from Mitchell's, we decided not to take any active step before breakfast time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)