POWELL


Meaning of POWELL in English

/pow"euhl/ for 1, 4, 5; /poh"euhl, pow"-/ for 2, 3 , n.

1. Adam Clayton, Jr ., 1908-72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945-67, 1969-71.

2. Anthony , born 1905, English author.

3. Cecil Frank , 1903-69, English physicist: Nobel prize 1950.

4. Colin /koh"lin, kol"in/ , born 1937, U.S. general.

5. John Wesley , 1834-1902, U.S. geologist and ethnologist.

6. Lewis Franklin, Jr ., born 1907, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972-87.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .