Priestley

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpriːstlɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prēst′lē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Priest•ley  (prēst′lē),USA pronunciation n. 
    J(ohn) B(oyn•ton)  (boin′tən, -tn),USA pronunciation 1894–1984, English novelist.
  1. Biographical Joseph, 1733–1804, English chemist, author, and clergyman.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Priestley / ˈpriːstlɪ/
  1. J(ohn) B(oynton). 1894–1984, English author. His works include the novels The Good Companions (1929) and Angel Pavement (1930) and the play An Inspector Calls (1946)
  2. Joseph. 1733–1804, English chemist, political theorist, and clergyman, in the US from 1794. He discovered oxygen (1774) independently of Scheele and isolated and described many other gases
'Priestley' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Scheele

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