herschel

Noun
US[hur-shuhl]/ˈhɝʃəl/2 syllables
Synonyms: John HerschelSir John HerschelSir John Frederick William HerschelWilliam HerschelSir William HerschelSir Frederick William Herschel

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the Southern Hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)Synonyms: John HerschelSir John HerschelSir John Frederick William HerschelInstance of astronomer, uranologist
  2. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)Synonyms: William HerschelSir William HerschelSir Frederick William HerschelInstance of astronomer, uranologist
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Her′schel noun

Astronomy See Uranus.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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