Wallace

[wol-is, waw-lis]

noun

Alfred Rus·sel

[ruhs-uh l] /ˈrʌs əl/, 1823–1913, English naturalist, explorer, and author.

George Cor·ley

[kawr-lee] /ˈkɔr li/, 1919–98, U.S. politician: governor of Alabama 1963–67, 1971–79, and 1983–87.

Henry (A·gard)

[ey-gahrd] /ˈeɪ gɑrd/, 1888–1965, U.S. agriculturalist, author, and statesman: Secretary of Agriculture 1933–40; vice president of the U.S. 1941–45; Secretary of Commerce 1945–46.

LewisLew, 1827–1905, U.S. general and novelist.

Sir William.Also Walays, Wallensis.1272?–1305, Scottish military leader and patriot.

(William Roy) De·Witt

[duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/, 1889–1981, and his wife, Lila Bell (Acheson), 1889–1984, U.S. magazine publishers.

a male given name: a Scottish family name meaning “Welshman, foreigner.”

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Examples from the Web for wallace

Contemporary Examples of wallace

Schieffer and Wallace are supremely well-connected journalists.
Jon Stewart and 'Meet The Press' Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage
Lloyd Grove
October 9, 2014
And Wallace is likely to be the breakout star of this season.
Rosie Returns to 'The View': A Bold, Intelligent, and Sometimes Boring Premiere
Kevin Fallon
September 15, 2014
Still, Wallace said that no one at the meeting involving Fearey, which he also attended, raised classification concerns.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda
Center for Public Integrity
July 31, 2014
“He was extremely knowledgeable; he was well respected in his field,” Wallace said.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda
Center for Public Integrity
July 31, 2014
Wallace said his impression was that Fearey and other senior managers wanted Doyle to “re-evaluate” his approach.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda
Center for Public Integrity
July 31, 2014

Historical Examples of wallace

Then turning to me he asked, “You want caribou, Mr. Wallace?”
The Long Labrador Trail
Dillon Wallace
Wallace gave it up, but he had a remedy for the situation, at least in part.
Louisiana Lou
William West Winter
What you did to Wallace the other day he has recovered sufficiently to tell us.
Louisiana Lou
William West Winter
In this age of reason any one can too easily find a reason for doing what he likes (Wallace).
Sophist
Plato
His spirit is the opposite of that of Jesuitism or casuistry (Wallace).
Sophist
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for wallace

Wallace

noun

Alfred Russel. 1823–1913, British naturalist, whose work on the theory of natural selection influenced Charles Darwin

Edgar. 1875–1932, English crime novelist

Sir Richard. 1818–90, English art collector and philanthropist. His bequest to the nation forms the Wallace Collection, London

Sir William. ?1272–1305, Scottish patriot, who defeated the army of Edward I of England at Stirling (1297) but was routed at Falkirk (1298) and later executed

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wallace in Medicine

Wallace

[wŏl′ĭs]Alfred Russel 1823-1913

British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin.

wallace in Science

Wallace

[wŏl′ĭs]Alfred Russel 1823-1913

British naturalist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. Wallace spent eight years (1854-62) traveling in Malaysia and assembling evidence for his theories, which he sent to Darwin in England. Their findings were first presented to the public in 1858.