Williams Synonyms

wĭlyəmz
United States playwright (1911-1983)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. william carlos williams
  2. tennessee williams
  3. Thomas Lanier Williams
United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ted williams
  2. hank williams
  3. Hiram Williams
  4. Theodore Samuel Williams
  5. Hiram King Williams
English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Sir Bernard Williams
  2. Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. roger williams

Words Related to Williams

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Williams Sentence Examples

  • Williamstown village is best known as the seat of Williams College, chartered in 1793 as a successor to a "free school" in Williamstown (chartered in 1785 and endowed by a bequest of Colonel Ephraim Williams).

  • Two of the lots were immediately purchased by Captain Ephraim Williams (1715-1755), who was at the time commander of Fort Massachusetts in the vicinity; several other lots were bought by soldiers under him; and in 1 753 the proprietors organized a township government.

  • Williams was killed in the battle of Lake George on the 8th of September 1 755, but while in camp in Albany, New York, a few days before the battle, he drew a will containing a small bequest for a free school at West Hoosac on condition that the township when incorporated should be called Williamstown.

  • He graduated at Williams College in 1825, and settled in New York City, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and rapidly won a high position in his profession.

  • The Van Rensselaer manor-house, built in 1765, was pulled down in 1893 and was reconstructed on the campus of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, where it is used as a fraternity club-house.

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