wilson

Noun wilson has 11 senses

• wilson(n = noun.person) harriet wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870); Array
is a kind of author, writer

• wilson(n = noun.person) angus frank johnstone wilson, sir angus wilson - English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991); Array
is a kind of author, writer

• wilson(n = noun.person) alexander wilson - Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813); Array
is a kind of bird watcher, ornithologist

• wilson(n = noun.person) robert woodrow wilson - United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918); Array
is a kind of physicist

• wilson(n = noun.person) john tuzo wilson - Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993); Array
is a kind of geophysicist

• wilson(n = noun.person) james wilson - American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798); Array
is a kind of american revolutionary leader

• wilson(n = noun.person) e. o. wilson, edward osborne wilson - United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929); Array
is a kind of bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist

• wilson(n = noun.person) charles thomson rees wilson - Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959); Array
is a kind of nuclear physicist

• wilson(n = noun.person) edmund wilson - United States literary critic (1895-1972); Array
is a kind of literary critic

• wilson(n = noun.person) president wilson, thomas woodrow wilson, woodrow 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); Array
is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president
Derived form adjective wilsonian₁

• wilson(n = noun.object) mount wilson - a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high); Array
is a kind of mountain peak
is a part of san juan mountains