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powell
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Noun powell has 2 senses
- powell(n = noun.person) colin luther powell, colin powell - United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937); Array is a kind of full general, general, national leader, solon, statesman
- powell(n = noun.person) cecil frank powell - English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969); Array is a kind of physicist
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