Simpson

[ simp-suhn ]

noun

1. James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
2. O(renthal) J(ames), born 1946, U.S. football player.
3. Wallis Warfield. Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of.

Simpson

/ ˈsɪmpsən; ˈsɪmsən /

noun

1. SimpsonSir James Young18111870MScottishMEDICINE: obstetrician Sir James Young. 1811–70, Scottish obstetrician, who pioneered the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic
2. See Edward VIII
   Wallis (Warfield) (ˈwɒlɪs). See Edward VIII

Example Sentences

The decision ended a once-bright legal career for Simpson, who was just 54 and whose rise from the housing projects of Brooklyn had been hailed as an inspiring tale for young women of color.

From ProPublica

Psychiatric admissions have been rising, and Simpson fears they could spike this winter, too.

From Washington Post

Chalfen did not say why the review had been limited to Simpson’s final year.

From ProPublica

Simpson’s law secretary has not responded to calls, emails and texts from ProPublica seeking her insight.

From ProPublica

Simpson said she’s most concerned about YouTube, which has avoided much of the public backlash against social media but arguably features just as much problematic content.

From Fortune

In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”

From The Daily Beast

This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.

From The Daily Beast

Simpson also encountered similar situations during his tenure at the Center.

From The Daily Beast

So he and his partner, Zack Simpson, did what they do so well: started spit-balling some game theory around politics.

From The Daily Beast

Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson-- the Simpson half of Simpson-Mazzoli-- blames the Right along with the Left.

From The Daily Beast

I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.

From Project Gutenberg

Thomas Simpson, companion of Mr. Dean in the discovery of the north-west passage, died by his own hand at Turtle river, aged 32.

From Project Gutenberg

It was of no use telling him that Simpson, his mother's maid, had superintended the preparation at every point.

From Project Gutenberg

The world was white with harvest, and Mrs. Simpson's chief activity was a recreation society for shop-girls.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Simpson glanced at it as if it offered a kind of corroboration of the necessity of their being nice.

From Project Gutenberg