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Armstrong
[ ahrm-strawng ]
noun
- (Daniel) Louis Satchmo, 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- Edwin Howard, 1890–1954, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor: developed frequency modulation.
- Henry Henry Jackson, 1912–88, U.S. boxer: world featherweight champion 1937–38; world lightweight champion 1938–39; world welterweight champion 1938–40.
- Lance, born 1971, U.S. cyclist with seven consecutive victories (1999–2005) in the Tour-de-France.
- Neil A., 1930–2012, U.S. astronaut: first person to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969.
Armstrong
/ ˈɑːmˌstrɒŋ /
noun
- ArmstrongEdwin Howard18901954MUSTECHNOLOGY: engineer Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- Armstrong(Daniel) Louis19001971MUSMUSIC: jazz trumpeterMUSIC: bandleaderMUSIC: singer ( Daniel ) Louis, known as Satchmo. 1900–71, US jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer
- ArmstrongGillian1950FAustralianFILMS AND TV: director Gillian. born 1950, Australian film director; her films include My Brilliant Career (1978), Little Women (1994), and Charlotte Gray (2001)
- ArmstrongNeil (Alden)19302012MUSTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: astronaut Neil ( Alden ). 1930–2012, US astronaut; commanded Apollo 11 on the first manned lunar landing during which he became the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969
- ArmstrongLance1971MUSSPORT: cyclist Lance . born 1971, US cyclist, winner of 7 Tour de France titles, 1999–2005; stripped of the titles in 2012 and banned for life, having been found to have used banned substances
Example Sentences
I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
The Daily Telegraph's Lisa Armstrong called the show a "stupendously vacuous enterprise."
With exquisite timing, religious historian Karen Armstrong steps forth with Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence.
As Armstrong writes, “It was not a ‘great objective something,’ but had imprecise connotations of obligation and taboo.”
Armstrong notes that Wise washed his clothes as soon as he got home that night.
The school began with General Armstrong as the principal, two additional teachers and fifteen students.
So in the eighteen months since Dr. Armstrong had been preaching in the church on the corner, John had hardly spoken to a child.
I don't believe that was an Armstrong slug, though: it acted too sort of lazy.
Ballindine was not a good living, and Mr Armstrong had a very large family; he was, therefore, a poor man.
Geordie Armstrong, after a somewhat stormy past, had become a steady hewer, and a local preacher of some repute.
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