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HENRY RUSSELL

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HENRY RUSSELL (noun)
  The noun HENRY RUSSELL has 1 sense:

1. United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)play

  Familiarity information: HENRY RUSSELL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HENRY RUSSELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry Norris Russell; Henry Russell; Russell

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)


 Context examples 


Sir Henry Russell's widow, indeed, has no honours to distinguish her arms, but still it is a handsome equipage, and no doubt is well known to convey a Miss Elliot.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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