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ALL meanings of nelson

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  • 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 wrestling hold 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
  • noun nelson any wrestling hold in which a wrestler places his or her arm or arms under the opponent's arm or arms from behind and exerts pressure with the palms on the back of the opponent's neck 0
  • noun nelson a town in NW England, in E Lancashire: textile industry. Pop: 28 998 (2001) 0
  • noun nelson a port in New Zealand, on N South Island on Tasman Bay. Pop: 45 300 (2004 est) 0
  • noun nelson Horatio, Viscount Nelson. 1758–1805, British naval commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became rear admiral in 1797 after the battle of Cape St Vincent and in 1798 almost destroyed the French fleet at the battle of the Nile. He was killed at Trafalgar (1805) after defeating Villeneuve's fleet 0
  • noun nelson Willie. born 1933, US country singer and songwriter 0
  • noun nelson a masculine name 0
  • noun nelson HoratioViscount Nelson 1758-1805; Eng. admiral 0
  • noun nelson river in Manitoba, Canada, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast into Hudson Bay: 400 mi (644 km) 0
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