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| 1. | John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel peace prize 1946. |
| 2. | Lucretia Coffin, 1793–1880, U.S. social reformer: advocate of women's rights. |
| 3. | Sir Nev⋅ill Francis [nev-uh l] , 1905–96, British physicist: developer of solid-state circuitry; Nobel prize 1977. |
[mot] | a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country. |
| Mott (mŏt) American religious leader. He shared the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership of the YMCA. |
Mott, Lucretia Coffin 1793-1880.  (click for larger image in new window) American feminist and social reformer who was active in the antislavery movement and with Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the first convention for women's rights, held at Seneca Falls, New York (1848). |
| motte 1 also mott (mŏt) n. Texas A copse or small stand of trees on a prairie. [American Spanish mata, from Spanish, shrub, probably from Late Latin matta, mat; see mat1.] |
| motte 2 also mott (mŏt) n. Upper Southern U.S. A tuft of human or animal hair standing up on the head or body. [From French, from Old French mote, mound.] |