Anderson

American  

[an-der-suhn] / ˈæn dər sən /

noun

1. Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.

2. Dame Judith, 1898–1992, Australian actress in the U.S.

3. Margaret Caroline, 1893?–1973, U.S. editor and magazine publisher.

4. Marian, 1902–93, U.S. contralto.

5. Maxwell, 1888–1959, U.S. dramatist.

6. Philip Warren, 1923–2020, U.S. physicist: developer of solid-state circuitry; Nobel Prize 1977.

7. Sherwood, 1876–1941, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

8. a city in central Indiana.

9. a city in northwestern South Carolina.

10. a river in the Northwest Territories, northern Canada, flowing north and west to the Beaufort Sea. 465 miles (748 km) long.

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Anderson ¹ British  

/ ˈændəsən /

noun

1. Carl David. 1905–91, US physicist, who discovered the positron in cosmic rays (1932): Nobel prize for physics 1936

2. Elizabeth Garrett. 1836–1917, English physician and feminist: a campaigner for the admission of women to the professions

3. John. 1893–1962, Australian philosopher, born in Scotland, whose theories are expounded in Studies in Empirical Philosophy (1962)

4. Dame Judith, real name Frances Margaret Anderson. 1898–1992, Australian stage and film actress

5. Lindsay ( Gordon ) 1923–94, British film and theatre director: his films include This Sporting Life (1963), If (1968), O Lucky Man! (1973), and The Whales of August (1987)

6. Marian. 1902–93, US contralto, the first Black permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York

7. Philip Warren. born 1923, US physicist, noted for his work on solid-state physics. Nobel prize for physics 1977

8. Sherwood. 1874–1941, US novelist and short-story writer, best known for Winesburg Ohio (1919), a collection of short stories illustrating small-town life

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Anderson ² British  

/ ˈændəsən /

noun

1. a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)

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Example Sentences

“On the page, the baby is a little bit of an abstraction,” says “Margo’s” executive producer Eva Anderson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

CEO Bill Anderson spoke to WSJ about new technologies from gene editing to herbicide-resistant plants—and what they mean for Bayer and the broader agriculture industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor who spent nearly 20 years as a contributor to the program, chose not to sign a new contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

This summer is the first since 2007 that none of James Anderson, Stuart Broad or Chris Woakes will play a Test for England.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

They had smelled it just after they’d pulled off their street, Plum Lane, and onto Anderson Road.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold