Phelps

[ felps ]

/ fɛlps /

noun

William Ly·on

[lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/, 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for phelps

Things began to look up, she said in the post, when she met Phelps, 29, on Tinder.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, the small congregation— about 40 strong —is comprised almost entirely of the Phelps brood.
This Man Is The Future of Westboro Baptist Church|Caitlin Dickson|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Raised a Methodist, Phelps was ordained a Southern Baptist minister in 1947 at the age of 17.
This Man Is The Future of Westboro Baptist Church|Caitlin Dickson|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Phelps approach to sharing “good news” was always dogmatic, extreme, and seemingly void of humanity.
Fred Phelps May Be Dead, But His Fundamentalist God Lives|Matthew Paul Turner|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Phelps lay along a continuum of conservatism—not on the other side of a border from it.
Fred Phelps, Friend of the Gays|Jay Michaelson|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Scholar Phelps waited patiently until I'd made the notation.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
“Captain Phelps, you will please to take my tug and drop down also,” said Commodore Foote.
My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field|Charles Carleton Coffin
Somehow Phelps had seen to it that Catherine got word—I didn't know how, but that was not important.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Ward and the rest reached the field not long 46 after Phelps, and no time was lost in commencing practice.
Under Boy Scout Colors|Joseph Bushnell Ames
Is it merely a contest between you and Phelps, which of the two shall be Military Governor?
The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War|Annie Heloise Abel

British Dictionary definitions for phelps

Phelps

/ (fɛlps) /

noun

Michael (Fred). born 1985, US swimmer, who won a record eighteen gold medals at three Olympic Games: six in 2004, eight in 2008, and four in 2012

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