RUSSELL

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)

Synonyms:

Bertrand Arthur William Russell; Bertrand Russell; Earl Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)

Synonyms:

A.E.; George William Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)

Synonyms:

Henry Norris Russell; Henry Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)

Synonyms:

Lillian Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States basketball center (born in 1934)

Synonyms:

Bill Russell; Russell; William Felton Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

center ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)

Sense 6

Meaning:

English film director (born in 1927)

Synonyms:

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell; Ken Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 7

Meaning:

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

Synonyms:

Charles Taze Russell; Russell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

Credits

Context examples:

Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark Russell’s fine sea-stories until the howl of the gale from without seemed to blend with the text, and the splash of the rain to lengthen out into the long swash of the sea waves.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s “Reminiscences;” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.;” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell;” “Boxiana;” “Pugilistica;” Harper’s “Brighton Road;” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q.;” Rice’s “History of the Turf;” Tristram’s “Coaching Days;” James’s “Naval History;” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, in the study, Senji Laxme from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and colleagues show that the antivenom used in India works only against the ‘big four’ — the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), spectacled cobra (Naja naja), saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) and Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) — but not against several other medically important species.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

Lady Russell had another excellent one at hand, for being extremely glad that Sir Walter and his family were to remove from the country.