Anderson

Other forms: Andersons

Definitions of Anderson
  1. noun
    United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
    synonyms: Sherwood Anderson
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    United States dramatist (1888-1959)
    synonyms: Maxwell Anderson
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    example of:
    dramatist, dramaturge, playwright
    someone who writes plays
  3. noun
    United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
    synonyms: Marian Anderson
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    example of:
    contralto
    a woman singer having a contralto voice
  4. noun
    United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
    synonyms: Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson
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    example of:
    nuclear physicist
    a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
  5. noun
    United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
    synonyms: Phil Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson
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    example of:
    physicist
    a scientist trained in physics
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