Weller

[ wel-er ]

/ ˈwɛl ər /

noun

Thomas Huck·le

[huhk-uh l] /ˈhʌk əl/, 1915–2008, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in medicine 1954.

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Examples from the Web for weller

The savvy forger with Pappy empties to fill might get his hands on some Old Weller and present it as its more illustrious cousin.
The Cult of Pappy van Winkle|Eric Felten|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I was blown back in my chair,” a female producer tells Weller.
Katie Couric on Diane Sawyer: 'I Wonder Who She Blew This Time'|Lloyd Grove|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I remember distinctly his response when I visited him and presented him with the files,” Weller told The Daily Beast.
Inside Author Ray Bradbury’s FBI File: Was He a Communist Sympathizer?|Clark Merrefield|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This young person is not only attached to your son, Mr. Weller, but your son is attached to her.'
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens

The mail-service previously had been performed by Mr. Weller and his stage-coaches.
Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding
The elder Mrs. Weller's fatal cough was clearly a happy afterthought.
Hints to Pilgrims|Charles Stephen Brooks
Do you recollect anything particular happening on the morning when you were first engaged by the defendant; eh, Mr. Weller?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
“Not by no means,” acquiesced Mr. Weller, affably but magisterially.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens

Medicine definitions for weller

Weller

[ wĕl′ər ]

Thomas Huckle Born 1915

American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus.

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