Nelson Definition

nĕlsən
noun
Any of several wrestling holds in which the user places an arm under the opponent's upper arm or armpit and presses the wrist or the palm of the hand against the back of the opponent's neck.
American Heritage

(cricket) A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky (supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg (disputed)).

Wiktionary
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Lord Nelson
  • Admiral Nelson
  • Viscount Nelson
  • horatio nelson
pronoun

A patronymic surname.

Wiktionary

Lord Nelson (1758-1805), a British admiral.

Wiktionary
A city in British Columbia.
Wiktionary

A city in Georgia, USA.

Wiktionary

A village in Illinois.

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Other Word Forms of Nelson

Noun

Singular:
nelson
Plural:
nelsons

Origin of Nelson

  • In the U.S. also an Anglicisation of Scandinavian surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from the name Nelson

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nelson Sentence Examples

  • Though Howe was now nearly seventy, and had been trained in the old school, he displayed an originality not usual with veterans, and not excelled by any of his successors in the war, not even by Nelson, since they had his example to follow and were served by more highly trained squadrons than his.

  • In the upper quadrangle is a bust of Nelson by Chantrey, and there are various other memorials and relics.

  • It is now known that the influence of Nelson and of the British ambassador, Sir William Hamilton, and Lady Hamilton precipitated the rupture between Naples and France.

  • During the World War he served with the headquarters staff of the British army in France (1916-7), attaining the rank of colonel, and later was Director of Information under the Prime Minister (1917-8), and his History of the War (Nelson) was an admirable piece of work.

  • The Robert Browning Settlement was founded in York Street, Walworth Road, in 1895 and incorporated in 1903, and in Nelson Square is the Women's University Settlement.

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