Source : WordNet®

Wilson
     n 1: author of the first novel by an African American that was
          published in the United States (1808-1870) [syn: {Harriet
          Wilson}]
     2: English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn:
         {Sir Angus Wilson}, {Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson}]
     3: Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
        [syn: {Alexander Wilson}]
     4: United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic
        microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: {Robert Woodrow
        Wilson}]
     5: Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of
        plate tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: {John Tuzo Wilson}]
     6: American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of
        the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: {James
        Wilson}]
     7: United States entomologist who has generalized from social
        insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
        [syn: {E. O. Wilson}, {Edward Osborne Wilson}]
     8: Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber
        (1869-1959) [syn: {Charles Thomson Rees Wilson}]
     9: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: {Edmund
        Wilson}]
     10: 28th President of the United States; led the United States
         in World War I and secured the formation of the League of
         Nations (1856-1924) [syn: {Woodrow Wilson}, {Thomas
         Woodrow Wilson}, {President Wilson}]
     11: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet
         high) [syn: {Mount Wilson}]