Thomas definition

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(person) 1816-70; Union general in the Civil War.
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(person) 1884-1968; U.S. Socialist leader.
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(person) 1785-1859; U.S. clock manufacturer.
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One of the 12 Apostles. According to the New Testament, he doubted that Jesus had risen from the dead until he saw the wounds.
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(person, proper) A masculine name: dim. Tom, Tommy; fem. Thomasina.
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(bible) (called Didymus, the Twin) One of the twelve Apostles, who doubted at first the resurrection of Jesus: John 20:24-29: his day is Dec. 21
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(person) 1948- ; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1991- )
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(person) 1914-53; Welsh poet.
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(person) 1878-1917; Eng. poet.
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Thomas Sentence Examples

  • In June 1781 Tarleton raided Charlottesville and the vicinity, nearly captured Thomas Jefferson, and destroyed the public records and some arms and ammunition.

  • On the research team of the eminent virologist Dr. Thomas Francis, who was working on a flu vaccine, was a young physician named Jonas Salk.

  • Thomas O'Malley, presumed to be her father, died fifteen years ago.

  • Do you know who Thomas Morley is?

  • St. Thomas the Apostle Church was a scrubbed-white structure looking like a New England calendar except for its city loca­tion.

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