Nelson

UK: /ˈnɛlsən/ US: /ˈnɛlsən/ ,(nel′sən)

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Nelson / ˈnɛlsən/ noun

1. a town in NW England, in E Lancashire: textile industry. Pop: 28 998 (2001)
2. a port in New Zealand, on N South Island on Tasman Bay. Pop: 45 300 (2004 est)
3. River Nelson ⇒ a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)

Nelson / ˈnɛlsən/ noun

1. Horatio, Viscount Nelson. 1758–1805, British naval commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became rear admiral in 1797 after the battle of Cape St Vincent and in 1798 almost destroyed the French fleet at the battle of the Nile. He was killed at Trafalgar (1805) after defeating Villeneuve's fleet
2. Willie. born 1933, US country singer and songwriter

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nel•son /ˈnɛlsən/   n. [countable]

1. Sport a wrestling hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.

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nel•son  (nel′sən), n. [Wrestling.]

1. Sport a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent. Cf. full nelson, half nelson, quarter nelson, three-quarter nelson. 

• special use of name Nelson 1885–90

Nel•son  (nel′sən), n. 

1. Biographical Viscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral.
2. Biographical (John) Byron, born 1911, U.S. golf player.
3. Place Names a river in central Canada, flowing NE from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay. 400 mi. (645 km) long.
4. Place Names a seaport on N South Island, in New Zealand. 42,433.
5. a male given name.

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nelson / ˈnɛlsən/ noun

1. any wrestling hold in which a wrestler places his or her arm or arms under the opponent's arm or arms from behind and exerts pressure with the palms on the back of the opponent's neck
   See full nelson, half-nelson

Etymology: 19th Century: from a proper name

nelson / ˈnɛlsən/ noun

a score of 111, traditionally regarded as unlucky

Etymology: 19th Century: named after Horatio Nelson, who was erroneously believed to have one eye, one arm, and one leg