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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1.  Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees, 1869–1959, Scottish physicist.

2.  Wilson
Edmund, 1895–1972, U.S. literary and social critic.

3.  Wilson
Henry (Jeremiah Jones Colbath or Colbaith), 1812–75, vice president of the U.S. 1873–75.

4.  Wilson
Sir (James) Harold, 1916–95, British prime minister 1964–70, 1974–76.

5.  Wilson
Robert W(oodrow), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1978.

6.  Wilson
(Thomas) Woodrow, 1856–1924, 28th president of the U.S. 1913–21: Nobel peace prize 1919.

7.  Wilson
Mount, a mountain in SW California, near Pasadena: astronomical observatory. 5710 ft. (1740 m).

Definition of 'Wilson'

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1. (noun) Wilson, Harriet Wilson
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

2. (noun) Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)

3. (noun) Wilson, Alexander Wilson
Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

4. (noun) Wilson, Robert Woodrow Wilson
United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)

5. (noun) Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson
Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)

6. (noun) Wilson, James Wilson
American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)

7. (noun) Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)

8. (noun) Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

9. (noun) Wilson, Edmund Wilson
United States literary critic (1895-1972)

10. (noun) Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson
28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)

11. (noun) Wilson, Mount Wilson
a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)

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