Neill

/ niːl /

noun

1. NeillA(lexander) S(utherland)18831973MScottishEDUCATION: educationalistWRITING: writer A ( lexander ) S ( utherland ). 1883–1973, Scottish educationalist and writer, who put his progressive educational theories into practice at Summerhill school (founded 1921)
2. NeillSam1947MNew ZealandFILMS AND TV: actor Sam . born 1947, New Zealand film and television actor; his work includes the television series Reilly, Ace of Spies , (1983) and the films My Brilliant Career (1979), Dead Calm (1989), Jurassic Park (1993), and The Piano (1993)

Example Sentences

He is unable to get over his ex-wife as he meets other women, and we are supposed to feel sorry for Neill.

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Will you permit me to ride to Allahabad, sir, and tell General Neill how matters stand here?

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General Neill, who came later and assumed the rôle of magistrate, showed neither pity nor mercy.

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On the 24th July, 1818, during a storm in Orkney, Mr. Neill picked up hailstones weighing from four ounces to nearly half a pound.

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Neill and I made one trip to Bath where we went through the old Roman baths and walked through the rest of the city.

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A similar technique described by Allen and Neill (1950:3) resulted in the capture of trionychid turtles.

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