full nelson | (n) a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
half nelson | (n) a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck |
nelson | (n) English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805), Syn. Horatio Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Lord Nelson |
nelson | (n) any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck |
algren | (n) United States writer (1909-1981), Syn. Nelson Algren |
bradley | (n) United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981), Syn. Omar Nelson Bradley, Omar Bradley |
mandela | (n) South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918), Syn. Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
page | (n) United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922), Syn. Thomas Nelson Page |
rutherford | (n) British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937), Syn. First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson, Ernest Rutherford |