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[ ach-uh-suhn ] / ˈætʃ ə sən /
nounDean (Good·er·ham) [good-er-ham, -uhm], /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm, -əm/, 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53. Edward Good·rich [good-rich], /ˈgʊd rɪtʃ/, 1856–1931, U.S. chemist. Words nearby Achesonacheiropody, Achelous, achene, Achernar, Acheron, Acheson, Acheulean, Acheulian, à cheval, achieve, achieved status Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Acheson“We had a couple martinis and an excellent dinner together,” Acheson said. Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task|Matthew DeLuca|August 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST For an engineer and an astronaut, Acheson said, Armstrong was not half bad wielding a pen. Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task|Matthew DeLuca|August 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Acheson also persuaded Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican, to back Truman on this. Obama’s ‘No Containment’ AIPAC Speech Made War With Iran Inevitable|Michael Tomasky|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Acheson, too, was anything but an anti-Semite and quite free of malevolence. It's Not Israel's Fault|Edward N. Luttwak|July 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Acheson Maxwell died in London, near the beginning of January, at the advanced age of ninety-one. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852|Various I never thought of the hotels, said Mrs. Acheson in an apologetic voice. The Girls of St. Wode's|L. T. Meade Irene Packingham is coming because of a cough, and so is Mrs. Acheson, and really the only strong ones are the boys. A Flight with the Swallows|Emma Marshall Mrs. Acheson, also the widow of an Indian officer, was not fashionable in the ordinary acceptance of the word. The Girls of St. Wode's|L. T. Meade Taking steps meanwhile to accomplish your real object, murmured Mrs. Acheson under her breath. The Girls of St. Wode's|L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for Acheson
nounDean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |