Associations to the word «Solon»

Wiktionary

SOLON, noun. A wise legislator or lawgiver.
SOLON, noun. Any legislator.
SOLON, proper noun. An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
SOLON, proper noun. A city in Iowa.
SOLON, proper noun. A town in Maine.
SOLON, proper noun. A town in New York.
SOLON, proper noun. A city in Ohio.

Dictionary definition

SOLON, noun. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.

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