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NELSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nelson" is a kind of...):
wrestling hold (a hold used in the sport of wrestling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nelson"):
full nelson (a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling))
half nelson (a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck)
Sense 2
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:
Instance hypernyms:
admiral; full admiral (the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral)
Context examples:
“I don't, indeed, my dear boy,” he returned; “but I mean to say that they are managed and decided by the same set of people, down in that same Doctors' Commons. You shall go there one day, and find them blundering through half the nautical terms in Young's Dictionary, apropos of the “Nancy” having run down the “Sarah Jane”, or Mr. Peggotty and the Yarmouth boatmen having put off in a gale of wind with an anchor and cable to the “Nelson”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Hans Nelson was half a second behind his wife in rising to the unexpected.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“She must and she shall be ready,” cried Nelson, with extraordinary vehemence.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"He does dot shust to be politeful to Mrs. Nelson," was Dutchy's quick retort.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
On the one hand soldiers, sailors, and statesmen of the quality of Pitt, Nelson, and afterwards Wellington, had been forced to the front by the imminent menace of Buonaparte.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In camp and on trail, Edith Nelson was always with him, sharing his luck, his hardship, and his toil.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“I had hoped that it was from Lord Nelson,” answered my father.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was thrusting the shells into the gun when Edith Nelson was aroused to action.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“So, you wish to come and have your bones broken?” cried Nelson, roughly, looking with much disfavour at the fine clothes which had cost my uncle and Mr. Brummel such a debate.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hans Nelson was stolid and easy-going, while Edith had long before won his unbounded admiration by her capacity for getting on with people.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
