Acheson

[ach-uh-suh n]

noun

Dean (Good·er·ham)

[goo d-er-ham, -uh m] /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm, -əm/, 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.

Edward Good·rich

[goo d-rich] /ˈgʊd rɪtʃ/, 1856–1931, U.S. chemist.

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Examples from the Web for acheson

Contemporary Examples of acheson

“We had a couple martinis and an excellent dinner together,” Acheson said.
Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task
Matthew DeLuca
August 26, 2012
For an engineer and an astronaut, Acheson said, Armstrong was not half bad wielding a pen.
Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task
Matthew DeLuca
August 26, 2012
Acheson also persuaded Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican, to back Truman on this.
Obama’s ‘No Containment’ AIPAC Speech Made War With Iran Inevitable
Michael Tomasky
March 6, 2012
Acheson, too, was anything but an anti-Semite and quite free of malevolence.
It's Not Israel's Fault
Edward N. Luttwak
July 7, 2010

Historical Examples of acheson

I asked Mr. Acheson if he could make diamonds in his furnaces.
Boys' Second Book of Inventions
Ray Stannard Baker
Perhaps you would like to go down to the drawing-room to mother and Mrs. Acheson.
The Girls of St. Wode's
L. T. Meade
You really do run to the fair with the thing, replied Mrs. Acheson.
The Girls of St. Wode's
L. T. Meade
My dear, said Mrs. Acheson eagerly, Miss Colchester has arrived.
The Girls of St. Wode's
L. T. Meade
The idea of confiding in Mrs. Acheson never occurred to her.
The Girls of St. Wode's
L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for acheson

Acheson

noun

Dean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman

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