5. (n.)Sully Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de, 1560–1641, Frenchstatesman.
6. Sully Thomas, 1783–1872, U.S. painter, born in England.
Definition of 'sully'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Sully, Thomas Sully United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
2. (verb)Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune Frenchstatesman (1560-1641)
3. (verb)defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud place under suspicion or castdoubt upon "sully someone's reputation"
4. (verb)tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
5. (verb)defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the goodname and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
2. (verb)sully to soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation