POWELL

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• POWELL (noun)
  The noun POWELL has 2 senses:

1. 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)

2. English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)

  Familiarity information: POWELL used as a noun is rare.

• POWELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Colin luther Powell; Colin Powell; Powell

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cecil Frank Powell; Powell

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

 Context examples 

Seismic sources as close as Lake Powell (on the border of Utah and Arizona) and as far away as Oklahoma caused vibrations in the bridge.

(Song of the red rock arches, National Science Foundation)