STANLEY

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• STANLEY (noun)
  The noun STANLEY has 2 senses:

1. United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

2. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

  Familiarity information: STANLEY used as a noun is rare.

• STANLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Francis Edgar Stanley; Stanley

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry M. Stanley; John Rowlands; Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Stanley

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)

 Context examples 

It was young Stanley Hopkins, a promising detective, in whose career Holmes had several times shown a very practical interest.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And Lady Stanley. Did you ever read the wonderful last chapter of that book about her husband?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are sent everywhere, to the heart of Africa, like Stanley, or to interview the Pope, or to explore unknown Thibet.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Already Enrolled Subjects Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Already Enrolled Subjects Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Baseline/Screening Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Baseline/Screening Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Since Last Visit Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Baseline Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Screening Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screening Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline Version 2009-01-14 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)