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STANLEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
Synonyms:
Henry M. Stanley; John Rowlands; Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Stanley
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
Synonyms:
Francis Edgar Stanley; Stanley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
Context examples:
Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Since Last Visit Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).
(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).
(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
I am disappointed in Stanley Hopkins.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"We can't all be Stanleys and Burtons," said I; "besides, we don't get the chance,—at least, I never had the chance. If I did, I should try to take it."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Stanley Hopkins and I stared in amazement.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The other is: ‘Inspector Stanley Hopkins, 46 Lord Street, Brixton.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Before evening, we had a visit from Inspector Stanley Hopkins.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I’ve got my facts pretty clear,” said Stanley Hopkins.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I dare say you thought I acted rather badly to Stanley Hopkins just now?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Ah, a hiding-place—that is better!” cried Stanley Hopkins.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
