Solon

American  

[soh-luhn] / ˈsoʊ lən /

noun

1. c638–c558 b.c., Athenian statesman.

2. (often lowercase) a wise lawgiver.

3. a town in N Ohio.

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Solon British  

/ ˈsəʊlən, səʊˈləʊnɪən, səʊˈlɒnɪk /

noun

1. ?638–?559 _bc , Athenian statesman, who introduced economic, political, and legal reforms

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Other Word Forms

• Solonian adjective
• Solonic adjective
• pre-Solonian adjective

Example Sentences

As Phil Gramm and Michael Solon recently wrote in these pages, the transition from artisanal production to industrial scale was denounced as “disastrous” and “terrible” even as it increased life expectancy by 25% and lifted standards of living.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mike Solon contributed to this article.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Solon is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

Students will work alongside the papers’ existing one- or two-person reporting staffs and put themselves to work covering the small communities of Mount Vernon, Lisbon and Solon, Iowa.

From Seattle Times

The deal was finalized in February, with the nonprofit that runs The Daily Iowan taking over the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and the Solon Economist.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• buff
• cognoscenti
• expert
• intellectual
• philosopher
• professor
• scholar
• thinker