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Sampson

[ samp-suhn ]

noun

  1. Deborah, 1760–1827, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier who fought disguised as a man.
  2. William Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. admiral.
  3. a male given name.


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Example Sentences

“During my relationship with Robert Kelly, I lost my virginity to him,” Sampson said in her suit, according to the Sun-Times.

Porn star Holly Sampson, whose work includes Descent Into Bondage and Diary of a Horny Housewife.

Admiral Sampson had gone up the coast with the New York for a talk with the army general, so he was out of the way.

The people of St. Sampson, except a few rich families among the townsfolk, are also a population of quarriers and carpenters.

In a few moments more he was mounted on a fine powerful black horse, and followed by Sampson, on his road to London.

Sampson was a very powerful man, of a cool and silent character, by no means deficient in intelligence, and trustworthy withal.

And had all this been witnessed in that little island, in that little harbour, in that little town of St. Sampson?

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