Wallis

[ wol-is, waw-lis ]

noun

1. Harold Brent [brent], Hal, 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.
2. John, 1616–1703, English mathematician.
3. a male given name, form of Wallace.
4. a female given name.

Wallis

¹

/ ˈvalɪs /

noun

1. the German name for Valais

Wallis

²

/ ˈwɒlɪs /

noun

1. WallisSir Barnes (Neville)18871979MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: engineer Sir Barnes ( Neville ). 1887–1979, English aeronautical engineer. He designed the airship R100, the Wellesley and Wellington bombers, and the bouncing bomb (1943), which was used to destroy the Ruhr dams during World War II

Example Sentences

Everyone who saw Beasts of the Southern Wild knows Wallis is a unique talent, but still, no one saw this coming.

From The Daily Beast

Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg has been asking even more for her huge home (once owned by Michael Landon).

From The Daily Beast

Subject: Congratulate Seth Wallis on his promotion to senior art director!

From The Daily Beast

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi is just a student in a miniskirt looking for adventure when she first visits Italy.

From The Daily Beast

And 9-year-old Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quevenzhané Wallis was there for it all.

From The Daily Beast

He was never tired of drawing out Miss Wallis on the subject of her young mistresses.

From Project Gutenberg

I never looked upon Hephzibah Wallis as flighty; in fact, she was undoubtedly the steadiest of all my girls.

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But worst of all, Hephzibah Wallis distinctly sulked; no other word will express the condition of that love-lorn maid.

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Goody Wallis has asked me to write to her, and I shall certainly do so at once, distinctly forbidding it.

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De Vins had by this time quitted his command, ill, and had been succeeded by General Wallis.

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