Eccles

[ ek-uhlz ]

noun
  1. Sir John Ca·rew [kuh-roo], /kəˈru/, 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

  2. Mar·ri·ner Stod·dard [mar-uh-ner stod-erd], /ˈmær ə nər ˈstɒd ərd/, 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.

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Other definitions for eccles. (2 of 3)

eccles.

abbreviation
  1. ecclesiastic.

  2. ecclesiastical.

Other definitions for Eccles. (3 of 3)

Eccles.

abbreviationBible.
  1. Ecclesiastes.

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How to use Eccles in a sentence

  • "Makes one feel jolly rotten," remarked Eccles, the "Royal Oak's" gunnery jack.

    The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman
  • Just then Eccles and Plumbly, the assistant paymaster, entered the cabin and expressed their intention of "standing in."

    The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman
  • Robertson did one great thing: he drew the great and vital tragi-comic figure of Eccles.

    The English Stage | Augustin Filon
  • "Poor Bob Eccles didn't want no stiffening when he come down first," Sedgett interjected.

    Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith
  • At a safe distance, he called: "Bad news that about Bob Eccles swallowing a blow yesterday!"

    Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (1 of 3)

Eccles1

/ (ˈɛkəlz) /


noun
  1. a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (2 of 3)

Eccles2

/ (ˈɛkəlz) /


noun
  1. Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses

British Dictionary definitions for Eccles. (3 of 3)

Eccles.

Eccl.

/ Bible /


abbreviation for
  1. Ecclesiastes

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