Fleming

¹

[flem-ing]

noun

1. a native of Flanders.

2. a Flemish-speaking Belgian.

Fleming

²

[flem-ing]

noun

1. Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.

2. Ian (Lancaster), 1908–64, British writer of suspense novels.

3. Peggy (Gale), born 1948, U.S. figure skater.

Fleming

¹

/ ˈflɛmɪŋ /

noun

1. Sir Alexander . 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist: discovered lysozyme (1922) and penicillin (1928): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1945

2. Ian ( Lancaster ). 1908–64, English author of spy novels; creator of the secret agent James Bond

3. Sir John Ambrose . 1849–1945, English electrical engineer: invented the thermionic valve (1904)

4. Renée . born 1959, US operatic soprano and songwriter

Fleming

²

/ ˈflɛmɪŋ /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian Compare Walloon

Fleming

¹

1. Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. The drug was developed and purified 11 years later by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, with whom Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Fleming was also the first to administer typhoid vaccines to humans.

Fleming

²

1. British physicist and electrical engineer who devised the first electron tube in 1904. His invention was essential to the development of radio, television, and early computer circuitry. Fleming also helped develop electric devices designed for large-scale use, such as the electric lamp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleming¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch Vlaeminc, equivalent to Vlaem- ( Flemish ) + -ing -ing ³; late Old English Flæming perhaps < Old Frisian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleming¹

C14: from Middle Dutch Vlaminc

Example Sentences

When Anna Fleming complained in a TikTok video that Honda had “ghosted” her after promising to replace her broken-down car, an army of amateur consumer advocates flooded Honda with demands for justice.

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The film, based on the book by Ian Fleming, was produced by Albert Broccoli and starred Sean Connery as the British spy.

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As for protein coffee, the general population "doesn't really struggle" to get enough protein, says James Fleming, professor of sports nutrition at St Mary's University.

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"We are celebrating today some of the most extraordinary people on our planet," Melisaa Fleming, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, told the Geneva ceremony.

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The project - a collaboration between the Fleming Initiative and the pharmaceutical company GSK - is a battle between superbugs and supercomputers.

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