1. nelson - Noun
2. Nelson - Proper noun
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck
Source: WordNetGiven lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley. Lewis H. Lapham
I'd just gotten into Los Angeles from Texas, where I live, and the phone rang and it was the guy calling about the Willie Nelson video. I was totally excited about it. Corin Nemec
Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer. Pieter Willem Botha
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness. Dick Gephardt
I was the first MP to table a motion condemning apartheid in South Africa. When I first met Nelson Mandela he was a terrorist, when I next saw him, he was a Nobel Prize winner and the President of South Africa. Tony Benn
It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela. Rio Ferdinand