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1. (n.) Hampton
Lionel, born 1913, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
2. Hampton
Wade, 1818–1902, Confederate general: U.S. senator 1879–91.
3. Hampton
a city in SE Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay. 138,757.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Hampton, Lionel Hampton
United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Hampton
a village of Middlesex, on the Thames, 15 m. SW. of London; in the vicinity is Hampton Court Palace, a royal residence down to George II.'s time, and which was built originally by Wolsey, who presented it to Henry VIII.; in William III.'s time considerable alterations were made under the guidance of Wren; there is a fine picture-gallery and gardens; it is now occupied by persons of good family in reduced circumstances; the Hampton Court Conference to settle ecclesiastical differences took place here in 1604 under the presidency of James I., and the decisions at which proved unsatisfactory to the Puritan members of it; it was here at the suggestion of Dr. Reynolds the authorised version of the Bible was undertaken.
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