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Watson

wat·son

UK/ˈwɒtsn̩/ US/ˈwɑts(ə)n/ common

noun

1.

United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)

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2.
3.

United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)

Synonyms

Origin

From Wat + -son.

Phrases

  • and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories
  • Doctor Watson
  • elementary, my dear Watson
  • fictional character in
  • Watson Island
  • Watson syndrome
  • Watson-Crick model
  • Watsons Bay

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