Solon
Americannoun
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c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.
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(often lowercase) a wise lawgiver.
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a town in N Ohio.
noun
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- Solonian adjective
- Solonic adjective
- pre-Solonian adjective
Example Sentences
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Mr. Solon is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Instead, Mr. Miller, a first-term congressman who spent four years in the White House as a top aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was greeted at a town hall-style meeting on Saturday in the city of Solon with a sustained round of applause.
From New York Times
Students will work alongside the papers’ existing one- or two-person reporting staffs and put themselves to work covering the small communities of Mount Vernon, Lisbon and Solon, Iowa.
From Seattle Times
The deal was finalized in February, with the nonprofit that runs The Daily Iowan taking over the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and the Solon Economist.
From Seattle Times
“It used to be an issue for me,” said the 56-year-old from Solon, Iowa.
From Seattle Times
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