William

Speech parts

1. William - Noun

2. William - Proper noun

Meaning

A surname.

William

(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.
Synonym: Whiskey

A male given name from the Germanic languages popular since the Norman Conquest.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

billy Melchior walter wilk Wilkins Wilkes Wilkinson Wilkie Wilks Wilke Wilkey Wilkin

Related terms

billy gill willy will bill wilk

Phrases with the word

Prince William William McKinley William Herschel william harrison dempsey william henry gates william henry mauldin

Examples

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect. Benjamin Disraeli

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. Dan Rather

Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall Till Truth obeyed his call. William Butler Yeats

William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are quite true; all at least have a penumbra of vagueness and error. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. Bertrand Russell

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated. Denzel Washington

William Hazlitt, in Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Willhite Willhoite Willi william a. craigie William and Mary william ashley sunday