Wesley

[ wes-lee, wez- ]

/ ˈwɛs li, ˈwɛz- /

noun

Charles,1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.

his brotherJohn,1703–91, English theologian and evangelist: founder of Methodism.

a male given name.

Examples from the Web for wesley

In 1999, when my older son, Wesley, was in fifth grade, he brought home a copy of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation|Clifton Truman Daniel|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Monday, he carried his gun with him to a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida, an exurban community 26 miles north of Tampa.
With Guns, the Threatened Can Quickly Become the Threat|David Frum|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wesley Emerson began producing adult movies in 1975 and only retired a few years ago.
Video Killed the Porn Star: The VHS and Fast Forwarding Revolution|Aurora Snow|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Actors Wesley Snipes is still a few weeks away from becoming a free man.
Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act?|Allison Samuels|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

“Wesley would only come out to the set for close-ups,” remembers his co-star Patton Oswalt.
Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act?|Allison Samuels|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Wesley never had a more earnest follower than this miner of St. Just.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines|R.M. Ballantyne
Artists employed their God-given powers in traducing Wesley and his people.
The Young People's Wesley|W. McDonald
Law was far more than a match for Wesley in any purely intellectual dispute.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
He writes, "I have now preached thrice in Mr. Wesley's chapel, and God was with us of a truth."
George Whitefield|Joseph Belcher
As soon as Wesley died, his friends round his dead body raised their voices in a hymn, then knelt down and prayed.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various

British Dictionary definitions for wesley

Wesley

/ (ˈwɛzlɪ) /

noun

John . 1703–91, English preacher who founded Methodism

Mary, pseudonym of Mary Aline Siepmann. 1912–2003, British writer: her novels include The Camomile Lawn (1984) and An Imaginative Experience (1994)

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Wesley

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Wesley

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