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Wigner

wig·ner

uncommon

noun

1.

United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (born in 1902)

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Origin

Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner.

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