Wells

[welz]

noun

1. Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.

2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.

3. Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.

4. Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.

5. a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.

Wells

¹

/ wɛlz /

noun

1. Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company

2. H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)

Wells

²

/ wɛlz /

noun

1. a city in SW England, in Somerset: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 10 406 (2001)

Example Sentences

It features a lowrider funeral in San Bernardino and a nurse who sings like Mary Wells.

From Los Angeles Times

"Take the gain with a huge grain of salt," economists at Wells Fargo wrote in a research note.

From BBC

Zurie Pope, a Times fellow with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times

Communications Minister Anika Wells on Monday said telecommunications providers had "no excuse" for triple-0 call failures and that she had spoken to Mr Rue - who the prime minister says should considering resigning.

From BBC

He was in a very strong position to do so earlier in the year, after winning his first ATP 1000 event in Indian Wells in March and finishing as the runner-up in Madrid in May.

From BBC