Thompson (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
  2. Canadian fur trader, surveyor, author, and explorer, born in England.
  3. U.S. basketball player.
  4. U.S. journalist.
  5. English poet.
  6. U.S. advertising executive.
  7. Canadian statesman: prime minister 1892–94.
  8. U.S. composer and teacher.
  9. English novelist, born in Scotland.
  10. a city in N central Manitoba, in central Canada: nickel mining.
  11. a town in NE Connecticut.
  12. a river with two branches, North Thompson and South Thompson , that join in S British Columbia, Canada, flowing W and SW to the Fraser River: 304 miles (489 km) long.
  13. a river in S Iowa and N Missouri, flowing SE and S to the Grand River. 175 miles (282 km) long.
  14. former name of Nlakaʼpamux.
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  1. Benjamin, Count Rumford. 1753–1814, Anglo-American physicist, noted for his work on the nature of heat
  2. Daley. born 1958, British athlete: Olympic decathlon champion (1980, 1984)
  3. Emma. born 1959, British actress: her films include Howards End (1991), Sense and Sensibility (1996; also wrote screenplay), Primary Colors (1998), and Love Actually (2003)
  4. Flora (Jane). 1876–1947, British writer, author of the autobiographical Lark Rise to Candleford (1945)
  5. Francis. 1859–1907, British poet, best known for the mystical poem The Hound of Heaven (1893)
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