Associations to the word «Russell»

Wiktionary

RUSSELL, proper noun. An English, Scottish and Irish surname​ from the Norman nickname for someone with red hair.
RUSSELL, proper noun. A male given name, transferred from the surname. Diminutive: Russ.

Dictionary definition

RUSSELL, noun. United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916).
RUSSELL, noun. English film director (born in 1927).
RUSSELL, noun. United States basketball center (born in 1934).
RUSSELL, noun. United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922).
RUSSELL, noun. United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957).
RUSSELL, noun. Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935).
RUSSELL, noun. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.