Arnold

[ahr-nld]

noun

1. Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.

2. Sir Edwin, 1832–1904, English poet and journalist.

3. Henry H. Hap, 1886–1950, U.S. general.

4. Matthew, 1822–88, English essayist, poet, and literary critic.

5. his father Thomas, 1795–1842, English clergyman, educator, historian, and writer.

6. Thurman Wesley 1891–1969, U.S. lawyer and writer.

7. a town in eastern Missouri.

8. a first name: from Germanic words meaning “eagle” and “power.”

Arnold

¹

/ ˈɑːnəld /

noun

1. Sir Malcolm. 1921–2006, English composer, esp of orchestral works in a traditional idiom

2. Matthew. 1822–88, English poet, essayist, and literary critic, noted particularly for his poems Sohrab and Rustum (1853) and Dover Beach (1867), and for his Essays in Criticism (1865) and Culture and Anarchy (1869)

3. his father, Thomas. 1795–1842, English historian and educationalist, headmaster of Rugby School, noted for his reforms in public-school education

Arnold

²

/ ˈɑːnəld /

noun

1. a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)

Example Sentences

The British historian Arnold Toynbee saw the Industrial Revolution as “a period as disastrous and terrible as any through which a nation ever passed.”

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Former California “governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger has returned to the political arena—this time as the celebrity muscle against a Tuesday state ballot measure that would bring back gerrymandering to favor Democrats.

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Google said Monday it is partnering with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that closed five years ago after damage from a windstorm.

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"The results demonstrate that hippos did not vanish from middle Europe at the end of the last interglacial, as previously assumed," summarizes first author Dr. Patrick Arnold.

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Besides opposing pleas from former President Obama and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state’s powerful, left-leaning labor unions are another factor that may influence the outcome of the Nov. 4 special election.

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