Allison

American  

[al-uh-suhn] / ˈæl ə sən /

noun

1. Donald Donnie, born 1939, and his brother, Robert (Bobby ), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.

2. a first name, form of Alice.

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Example Sentences

That discovery won two scientists - James Allison and Tasuku Honjo - the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2018.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

In dissent, Judge Allison Eid wrote that Project Soy didn’t lack economic substance, partly because the government was just objecting to the timing of the transaction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

When Allison Ambili Kumar moved to L.A. in 2023, she said she was “overwhelmed in a good way” by the sheer volume of local bookstores and authors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The sitting North Carolina State Supreme Court justice, Allison Riggs, won her reelection by about 725 votes.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

My homeroom teacher, Miss Allison, a young white woman with glasses who generally ignored me, would shrug as I walked in ten minutes late, apologizing about a delayed bus.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride