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Russell   /rˈəsəl/   Listen
Russell

noun
1.
United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916).  Synonym: Charles Taze Russell.
2.
English film director (born in 1927).  Synonyms: Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, Ken Russell.
3.
United States basketball center (born in 1934).  Synonyms: Bill Russell, William Felton Russell.
4.
United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922).  Synonym: Lillian Russell.
5.
United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957).  Synonyms: Henry Norris Russell, Henry Russell.
6.
Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935).  Synonyms: A.E., George William Russell.
7.
English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970).  Synonyms: Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell.



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"Russell" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dr. Russell,—Now that at length I take the step of printing my name in the Title-Page of this Volume, I trust I shall not be encroaching on the kindness you have so long shown to me, if I venture to follow it up by placing yours in the page which ...
— Loss and Gain - The Story of a Convert • John Henry Newman

... fleet as ever sailed, under Mr Russell," answered Mr Deane. "All the year he has managed to keep master of the Mediterranean, and has had the French fleet shut up within their ports, though contrary winds have prevented him making a descent on Marseilles or at Toulon, though he has had regiments of soldiers on board for ...
— John Deane of Nottingham - Historic Adventures by Land and Sea • W.H.G. Kingston

... in the world to starve and fret because his freedom to practice his art and develop his powers was complicated with a sort of feudal service. Some strong souls may find an empty purse the truest source of inspiration, as Mr Russell Lowell declares it to be; but it is very much to be doubted whether a careful investigation would show that a great man's best work was done with the wolf ...
— Haydn • J. Cuthbert Hadden

... received the following Catalogue:—John Russell Smith's (4. Old Compton Street, Soho) Part IV. for 1850. of a Catalogue of Choice, Useful, and Curious Books in most Departments ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 42, Saturday, August 17, 1850 • Various

... the grand prize, and there are various medals for others, both home and foreign—the American machine, Cole's and Wardwell's among the number. The various hardware exhibits, such as the Disston saws, Ames shovels, Collins axes, Batcheller forks, Russell & Erwin builders' hardware, as well as the Remington, Colt, Winchester, Sharpe and Owen Jones rifles and revolvers, and the Gatling and Gardner guns, are a little on one side of ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 • Various


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