ALL meanings of priestley
Priest·ley
P p - noun priestley J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist. 1
- noun priestley Joseph, 1733–1804, English chemist, author, and clergyman. 1
- noun priestley J(ohn) B(oynton). 1894–1984, English author. His works include the novels The Good Companions (1929) and Angel Pavement (1930) and the play An Inspector Calls (1946) 0
- noun priestley Joseph. 1733–1804, English chemist, political theorist, and clergyman, in the US from 1794. He discovered oxygen (1774) independently of Scheele and isolated and described many other gases 0
- noun priestley J(ohn) B(oynton)1894-1984; Eng. novelist, playwright, & literary critic 0
- noun priestley Joseph1733-1804; Eng. scientist & theologian, in the U.S. after 1794: discoverer of oxygen 0