MITCHELL

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• MITCHELL (noun)
  The noun MITCHELL has 6 senses:

1. English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

2. United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

3. United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)

4. United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)

5. United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)

6. United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

  Familiarity information: MITCHELL used as a noun is common.

• MITCHELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mitchell; R. J. Mitchell; Reginald Joseph Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

aeronautical engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Billy Mitchell; Mitchell; William Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Maria Mitchell; Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Margaret Mitchell; Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell; Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Mitchell; Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)

Sense 6

Meaning:

United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arthur Mitchell; Mitchell

Instance hypernyms:

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

 Context examples 

We happened to sit by the Mitchells, and they pretended to be quite surprised to see me out.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"The affairs of their clients are absolutely safe in the hands of Mitchell, Sons, & Candy."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

While taller organisms would have been in faster-flowing water, the lack of tiering within these communities shows that their height didn’t give them any distinct advantages in terms of nutrient uptake, said Mitchell.

(Why life on Earth first got big, University of Cambridge)

Ever since the day—about four years ago—that Miss Taylor and I met with him in Broadway Lane, when, because it began to drizzle, he darted away with so much gallantry, and borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer Mitchell's, I made up my mind on the subject.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The authors of this study, Leila Wehbe, Ph.D. student in the Machine Learning Department of the Carnegie Mellon University and Tom Mitchell, the department head, said the model is still inexact, but might someday be useful in studying and diagnosing reading disorders, such as dyslexia, or to track the recovery of patients whose speech was impacted by a stroke.

(Researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I know the Mitchells will not be there.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Having learned the address of Mitchell, Sons, & Candy from a directory at the Berkeley, I was soon at their office in Sackville Street.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Dr Emily Mitchell of Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences and Dr Charlotte Kenchington from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada examined fossils from Mistaken Point in south-eastern Newfoundland, one of the richest sites of Ediacaran fossils in the world.

(Why life on Earth first got big, University of Cambridge)

Anne Mitchell had tried to put on a turban like mine, as I wore it the week before at the concert, but made wretched work of it—it happened to become my odd face, I believe, at least Tilney told me so at the time, and said every eye was upon me; but he is the last man whose word I would take.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He told me, however, that up to very lately there had been a notice-board of For Sale up, and that perhaps Mitchell, Sons, & Candy, the house agents, could tell me something, as he thought he remembered seeing the name of that firm on the board.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)