Associations to the word «Armstrong»

Wiktionary

ARMSTRONG, proper noun. An English surname​, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
ARMSTRONG GUN, noun. A wrought iron breechloading cannon.
ARMSTRONG LINE, noun. The altitude above sea level at which water boils without a pressurized environment, and at which a person would require a pressure suit or pressurized environment to survive, and avoid having their bodily fluids boil away.

Dictionary definition

ARMSTRONG, noun. United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-).
ARMSTRONG, noun. United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope