charles : Idioms & Phrases

• noun prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
  Albert; Prince Albert.
  

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• noun French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
  Tocqueville; Alexis de Tocqueville.
  

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• noun United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)
  Kinsey.
  

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• noun British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
  Viscount Northcliffe; Harmsworth.
  

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• noun English poet (1837-1909)
  Swinburne.
  

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• noun British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
  Tony Blair; Blair.
  

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• noun United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
  Charles Augustus Lindbergh; Lindbergh; Charles A. Lindbergh; Lucky Lindy.
  

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• noun French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
  Charles de Gaulle; de Gaulle; Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle; General de Gaulle.
  

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• noun French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
  Coulomb.
  

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• noun United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
  Charles Augustus Lindbergh; Lindbergh; Charles A. Lindbergh; Lucky Lindy.
  

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• noun a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)
  Baudelaire; Charles Baudelaire.
  

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• noun United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
  Bullfinch.
  

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• noun French pianist and composer (1835-1921)
  Saint-Saens.
  

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• noun United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)
  Bird Parker; Parker; Yardbird Parker; Charlie Parker.
  

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• noun commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
  Cornwallis; First Marquess Cornwallis.
  

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• noun United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944)
  Gibson; C. D. Gibson.
  

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• noun English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
  Darwin; Charles Darwin.
  

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• noun French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
  Charles de Gaulle; de Gaulle; Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle; General de Gaulle.
  

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• noun English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
  Dickens; Charles Dickens.
  

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• noun English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905)
  Harrod.
  

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• noun United States baseball manager (1890-1975)
  Casey Stengel; Stengel.
  

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• noun English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
  Dodgson; Carroll; Lewis Carroll; Reverend Dodgson; Charles Dodgson.
  

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• noun United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
  Warner.
  

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• noun United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978)
  Eames.
  

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• noun French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965)
  Le Corbusier.
  

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• noun United States rock singer (born in 1931)
  Berry; Chuck Berry.
  

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• noun United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
  Ives.
  

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• noun United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
  Hughes.
  

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• noun United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867)
  Artemus Ward; Browne.
  

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• noun United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909)
  McKim.
  

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• noun French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
  Charles Fourier; Fourier.
  

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• noun United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
  Hall.
  

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• noun French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893)
  Gounod.
  

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• noun United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
  Charles Franklin Kettering; Kettering.
  

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• noun United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
  Charles Frederick Menninger; Menninger.
  

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• noun French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
  Worth.
  

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• noun United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
  Goodyear.
  

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• noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
  Grey; Second Earl Grey.
  

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• noun United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)
  Charles Hard Townes; Townes.
  

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• noun United States rock star (1936-1959)
  Holly; Buddy Holly.
  

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• noun English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885)
  Harrod.
  

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• noun Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
  C. H. Best; Best.
  

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• noun as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
  Charles I; Charles; Charles II.
  
• noun son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
  Charles I; Charles.
  
• noun king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
  Charles I; Charles; Carolus; Charlemagne.
  

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• noun as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
  Charles I; Charles; Charles II.
  
• noun King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
  Charles.
  

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• noun King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
  Charles.
  

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• noun English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
  Fox.
  

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• noun English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
  Dickens; Charles Dickens.
  

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• noun Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-)
  Joe Clark; Clark.
  

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• noun English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
  C. K. Ogden; Ogden.
  

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• noun United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
  Charles Franklin Kettering; Kettering.
  

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• noun United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825)
  Charles L'Enfant; L'Enfant.
  

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• noun English essayist (1775-1834)
  Lamb; Elia.
  

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• noun United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962)
  Laughton.
  

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• noun United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
  Charles Augustus Lindbergh; Lindbergh; Charles A. Lindbergh; Lucky Lindy.
  

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• noun United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970)
  Liston; Sonny Liston.
  

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• noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
  Montesquieu; Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu.
  

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• noun nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)
  Emperor Napoleon III; Napoleon III.
  

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• noun English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
  Dodgson; Carroll; Lewis Carroll; Reverend Dodgson; Charles Dodgson.
  

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• noun United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)
  Charles M. Schulz; Charles Munroe Schulz; Schulz.
  

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• noun United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
  Hall.
  

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• noun French statesman (1754-1838)
  Talleyrand.
  

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• noun United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953)
  Charles Frederick Menninger; Menninger.
  

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• noun United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)
  Charles M. Schulz; Charles Munroe Schulz; Schulz.
  

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• noun United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
  Peirce; Charles Peirce.
  

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• noun English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  C. P. Snow; Snow; Baron Snow of Leicester.
  

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• noun a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)
  Baudelaire; Charles Baudelaire.
  

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• noun United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
  Steinmetz.
  

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• noun United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)
  Ringling.
  

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• noun a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
  Charles.
  

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• noun English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
  Darwin; Charles Darwin.
  

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• noun United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)
  Redford; Robert Redford.
  

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• noun United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
  Peirce; Charles Peirce.
  

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• noun United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)
  Charles M. Schulz; Charles Munroe Schulz; Schulz.
  

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• noun Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
  Parnell.
  

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• noun son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
  Charles I; Charles.
  

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• noun United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
  Russell.
  

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• noun as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
  Charles I; Charles; Charles II.
  

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• noun king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
  Charles I; Charles; Carolus; Charlemagne.
  

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• noun Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
  Wilson.
  

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• noun United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)
  Charles Hard Townes; Townes.
  

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• noun King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
  Charles.
  

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• noun English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
  Rockingham; Second Marquis of Rockingham.
  

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• noun English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
  Wesley.
  

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• noun United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
  Wilkes.
  

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• noun United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
  Post; C. W. Post.
  

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• noun (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature
  Gay-Lussac's law; law of volumes.
  

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• noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
  Wagon; Wain; Big Dipper; Plough; Dipper.
  

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Charles's Wain

Etymology

Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles wn (for wægn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain.

Definitions

1. (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. ✍ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

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• noun French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
  Genet; Citizen Genet.
  

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• noun French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
  Mauriac; Francois Mauriac.
  

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• noun French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
  Charles Fourier; Fourier.
  

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• noun French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
  Charles de Gaulle; de Gaulle; Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle; General de Gaulle.
  

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• noun Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966)
  Hevesy.
  

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• noun United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
  Gilbert Stuart; Stuart.
  

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• noun French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
  Charles; Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles.
  

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• noun French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
  Charles; Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles.
  

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• noun French architect (1825-1898)
  Garnier.
  

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• noun United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
  John C. Fremont; Fremont.
  

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• noun a toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat; named after Charles II who popularized it
  

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King Charles span"iel

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1. (Zoöl.) A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.

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• noun French poet and writer (1810-1857)
  Musset; Alfred de Musset.
  

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• noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
  Mickey Mantle; Mantle.
  

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• noun United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825)
  Charles L'Enfant; L'Enfant.
  

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• noun the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
  Charles.
  

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• noun United States humorist (1889-1945)
  Benchley; Robert Benchley.
  

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• noun United States architect (born in 1925)
  Venturi; Robert Venturi.
  

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• noun English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
  Sir Bernard Lovell; Lovell.
  

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• noun English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
  Woolley; Sir Leonard Woolley.
  

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• noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
  Sherrington.
  

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• noun English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)
  Chaplin; Charlie Chaplin.
  

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• noun English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
  Wheatstone.
  

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• noun engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
  Siemens; Karl Wilhelm Siemens.
  

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• noun United States economist (born in the Netherlands) (1910-1985)
  Koopmans; Tjalling Koopmans.
  

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• noun United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
  Woody Herman; Herman.
  

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