Associations to the word «Powell»

Wiktionary

POWELL, proper noun. An English and Welsh surname​.
POWELL, proper noun. A town in Alabama
POWELL, proper noun. A city in Ohio
POWELL, proper noun. A town in Texas
POWELL, proper noun. A city in Wyoming

Dictionary definition

POWELL, noun. United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937).
POWELL, noun. English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin