Williams
['wɪljəmz]
Definition
(noun.) United States playwright (1911-1983).
(noun.) English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683).
(noun.) United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002).
(noun.) United States poet (1883-1963).
(noun.) English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003).
(noun.) United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953).
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Examples
- Yes; it is about Miss Williams, I am sure. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Bob Glamour, William Williams, and Jonathan of the no surname, all shake hands with one another round, and with the doctor too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perhaps it is about Miss Williams and, by the bye, I dare say it is, because he looked so conscious when I mentioned her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- WilliaMs. Generals Logan and Blair commanded the two corps composing the right wing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The man from whom Bell rented his workshop was Charles Williams, himself a manufacturer of electrical supplies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What do I know about your Farrens and your Williams? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At last I saw a vacancy at Mawson & Williams's, the great stock-broking firm in Lombard Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Among these may be mentioned the Hall, Underwood, Manhattan, Williams, Jewett, and many others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Murder at Mawson & Williams's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Williams must take the water-bed she came to ask for. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Or than he done afore,' adds William Williams. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And who is Miss Williams? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Take your supper, ladies, said he, seeming to be occupied in making marginal notes to his Williams Shackspire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Williams, et trois amis, ville de Boston, Amerique. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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