Woodward
['wʊdwɚd]
Definition
(noun.) United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979).
(noun.) United States historian (1908-1999).
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Definition
(n.) An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.
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Examples
- Dr. Woodward gives us another theory of earthquakes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As to the Piltdown jaw-bone, the best study of it is that by Smith Woodward, who first described it and the canine found later. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Forbes, Pictet, and Woodward (though all strongly opposed to such views as I maintain) admit its truth; and the rule strictly accords with the theory. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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