Watson
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈwɒtsn̩//
- United States//ˈwɑts(ə)n//
A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
proper noun
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A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
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Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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A town in the Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Desha County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Effingham County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Atchison County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Lewis County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
Etymology
Etymology tree English Wat Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Watson From Wat + -son.
Watson · A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
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