Powell Synonyms

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. colin powell
  2. Colin luther Powell
English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Cecil Frank Powell

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Powell Sentence Examples

  • In 1650 parliament appointed a commission "for the better propagation and preaching of the gospel in Wales," and Powell acted as one of the principal advisers of this body.

  • Powell wrote several treatises and also some hymns, but his chief gifts were those of a preacher.

  • Nine days later, while lying ill at his home at Washington, he was attacked by one Lewis Powell, alias Payne, a fellow-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, at the same time that Lincoln was assassinated.

  • Henry, " Richmond on the James " in Historic Towns of the Southern States (New York, 1900), edited by Lyman P. Powell; and Samuel Mordecai, Richmond in By-Gone Days (Richmond, 1856; 2nd ed., 1860).

  • Powell, rightly conceived that it was necessary to produce good topographical maps before a geological survey could be pursued with advantage.

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