Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun russell

7 senses of russell

Sense 1
Russell, Charles Taze Russell -- (United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916))
       INSTANCE OF=> religious leader -- (leader of a religious order)

Sense 2
Russell, Ken Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell -- (English film director (born in 1927))
       INSTANCE OF=> film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker -- (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 3
Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell -- (United States basketball center (born in 1934))
       INSTANCE OF=> center -- ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)

Sense 4
Russell, Lillian Russell -- (United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922))
       INSTANCE OF=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser -- (a person who sings)

Sense 5
Russell, Henry Russell, Henry Norris Russell -- (United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 6
Russell, George William Russell, A.E. -- (Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 7
Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970))
       INSTANCE OF=> logician, logistician -- (a person skilled at symbolic logic)
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)