nelson

Speech parts

1. nelson - Noun

2. Nelson - Proper noun

Meaning

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: WordNet

Synonyms

Nielson Neilson Nelsen Lord Nelson Admiral Nelson Horatio Nelson viscount nelson Nielsen Nilsson Nel niilson nelse nelsson

Hypernyms

wrestling hold

Hyponyms

full nelson half nelson

Phrases with the word

Nelson Bay Nelson bighorn viscount nelson full nelson slam Nelson's Column Nelson Township

Examples

Given 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

Close letter words and terms

Nelon Nelsen Nelsin Nelson Algren Nelson Bay Nelson bighorn