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Wallis
[ wol-is, waw-lis ]
noun
- Harold Brent [brent], Hal, 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.
- John, 1616–1703, English mathematician.
- a male given name, form of Wallace.
- a female given name.
Wallis
2/ ˈwɒlɪs /
noun
- 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
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Everyone who saw Beasts of the Southern Wild knows Wallis is a unique talent, but still, no one saw this coming.
Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg has been asking even more for her huge home (once owned by Michael Landon).
Subject: Congratulate Seth Wallis on his promotion to senior art director!
Wallis Wilde-Menozzi is just a student in a miniskirt looking for adventure when she first visits Italy.
And 9-year-old Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quevenzhané Wallis was there for it all.
He was never tired of drawing out Miss Wallis on the subject of her young mistresses.
I never looked upon Hephzibah Wallis as flighty; in fact, she was undoubtedly the steadiest of all my girls.
But worst of all, Hephzibah Wallis distinctly sulked; no other word will express the condition of that love-lorn maid.
Goody Wallis has asked me to write to her, and I shall certainly do so at once, distinctly forbidding it.
De Vins had by this time quitted his command, ill, and had been succeeded by General Wallis.
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