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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats