Wesley

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɛzlɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(wes′lē, wez′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Wes•ley  (wes′lē, wez′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Charles, 1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.
  2. Biographicalhis brother John, 1703–91, English theologian and evangelist: founder of Methodism.
  3. a male given name.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Wesley / ˈwɛzlɪ/
  1. John. 1703–91, English preacher who founded Methodism
  2. Mary, pseudonym of Mary Aline Siepmann. 1912–2003, British writer: her novels include The Camomile Lawn (1984) and An Imaginative Experience (1994)
'Wesley' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arnold - Hardin - Methodism - Methodist - Powell - Primitive Methodist - Wes - Wesleyan - Wesleyan Methodist - Wesleyanism - bellows - harper - rickey

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