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nelson

nel·son
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nel-suh n]
    • /ˈnɛl sən/
    • /nelsn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nel-suh n]
    • /ˈnɛl sən/

Definitions of nelson word

  • noun nelson Viscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral. 1
  • noun nelson (John) Byron, 1911–2006, U.S. golf player. 1
  • noun nelson a river in central Canada, flowing NE from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay. 400 miles (645 km) long. 1
  • noun nelson a seaport on N South Island, in New Zealand. 1
  • noun nelson a male given name. 1
  • noun nelson (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)). 1
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Origin of nelson

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; special use of name Nelson

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Parts of speech for Nelson

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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nelson popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • three-quarter nelson

    a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position behind a prone opponent, applies a half nelson with one arm, passes the other arm under the opponent's body on the near side, and locks the arms at the fingers or wrist on the back of the opponent's neck.

  • full nelson

    a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes each arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the arms at the fingers or wrists on the back of the opponent's neck.

  • half nelson

    a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.

  • quarter nelson

    a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position beside an opponent, puts one hand on the opponent's head, passes the free arm under the far arm of the opponent, and locks the free arm to the other arm by clasping the wrist.

  • algren

    Nelson. 1909–81, US novelist. His novels, mostly set in Chicago, include Never Come Morning (1942) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)

  • bradley

    A(ndrew) C(ecil). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)
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