Hudson

[ huhd-suhn ]

noun
  1. Henry, died 1611?, English navigator and explorer.

  2. William Henry, 1841–1922, English naturalist and author.

  1. a river in E New York, flowing S to New York Bay. 306 miles (495 km) long.

  2. a town in central Massachusetts.

  3. a town in S New Hampshire.

  4. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.

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British Dictionary definitions for Hudson

Hudson

/ (ˈhʌdsən) /


noun
  1. Henry. died 1611, English navigator: he explored the Hudson River (1609) and Hudson Bay (1610), where his crew mutinied and cast him adrift to die

  2. W (illiam) H (enry). 1841–1922, British naturalist and novelist, born in Argentina, noted esp for his romance Green Mansions (1904) and the autobiographical Far Away and Long Ago (1918)

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