Sam

[sam]

noun

a male given name, form of Samuel.

a female given name, form of Samantha.

SAM

shared-appreciation mortgage.

SAM

[sam]

noun

surface-to-air missile.

Space Available Mail: a special air service for sending parcels weighing up to 15 pounds (6.8 kg) to overseas members of the armed forces: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment is charged.

Compare PAL.

Sam.

Bible.

Samuel.

Peckinpah

[pek-uh n-paw]

noun

David SamuelSam, 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.

Walton

[wawl-tn]

noun

Ernest Thomas Sin·ton

[sin-tn] /ˈsɪn tn/, 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel prize 1951.

I·zaak

[ahy-zuh k] /ˈaɪ zək/, 1593–1683, English writer.

Samuel MooreSam, 1918–92, U.S. business executive and founder of Wal-Mart Stores.

Sir William (Turner),1902–83, English composer.

Related formsWal·to·ni·an

[wawl-toh-nee-uh n] /wɔlˈtoʊ ni ən/, noun, adjective

Ervin

[ur-vin]

noun

Samuel James, Jr.Sam, 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for sam

Contemporary Examples of sam

The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014
William Boot
January 4, 2015
“We would just as soon stay away from a group that will create controversy,” the Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe told the paper.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise
Jason Berry
January 3, 2015
On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside
Justin Rohrlich
January 3, 2015
Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside
Justin Rohrlich
January 3, 2015
Gunfire was exchanged and Sam, who was unarmed, was wounded.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside
Justin Rohrlich
January 3, 2015

Historical Examples of sam

We have seen this unique book (now the property of Mr. Sam: Timmins).
The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens
Henry Bore
Ash-Can Sam was wounded—not so much in body as in pugilistic pride.
A Night Out
Edward Peple
How stern a moral may be drawn from the story of poor Sam Patch!
Sketches from Memory
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Shall I charge that, Sam; or would you rather pay for it now?
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
She did not know of what had passed between Mr. Johnson and Sam.
Biographical Stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for sam

sam

verb sams, samming or sammed (tr)

sam hold of Northern English dialect to collect; gather up

SAM

n acronym for

surface-to-air missile

Peckinpah

noun

Sam (uel David). 1926–84, US film director, esp of Westerns, such as The Wild Bunch (1969). Among his other films are Straw Dogs (1971), Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), and Cross of Iron (1977)

Sam.

abbreviation for

Samuel

Walton

noun

Ernest Thomas Sinton. 1903–95, Irish physicist. He succeeded in producing the first artificial transmutation of an atomic nucleus (1932) with Sir John Cockcroft, with whom he shared the Nobel prize for physics 1951

Izaak (ˈaɪzək). 1593–1683, English writer, best known for The Compleat Angler (1653; enlarged 1676)

Sir William (Turner). 1902–83, English composer. His works include Façade (1923), a setting of satirical verses by Edith Sitwell, the Viola Concerto (1929), and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast (1931)

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Word Origin and History for sam

SAM

1958, acronym for surface to air missile.

sam in Science

Walton

[wôl′tən]Ernest Thomas Sinton 1903-1995

Irish physicist who, with John Cockcroft, was the first to successfully split an atom using a particle accelerator in 1932. For this work they shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for physics.