Definition of Henson

1. Noun. United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990).

Exact synonyms: Jim Henson
Generic synonyms: Puppeteer

Definition of Henson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henson

Henry Villard
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Henry le Chatelier
Hensen's canal
Hensen's cell
Hensen's disk
Hensen's duct
Hensen's knot
Hensen's line
Hensen's node
Hensen's stripe
Hensing's ligament
Henson
Hepaticae
Hepaticopsida
Hepatocystis
Hepatozoon
Hepburn
Hepburnian
Hephaestos
Hephaestus
Hephaistos
Hephaistus
Hephestos
Hephestus
Hephthalite
Hephthalites

Literary usage of Henson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1848)
"... in two of which the statement.of an assault upon the child was omitted. The evidence established these facts:—Sarah henson, a single VOL. II., PART XI. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"One of our illustrations shows the flying-machine invented by Mr. henson in ... It is unnecessary to say that this machine did not work, and yet henson ..."

3. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1901)
"512 »Bartlett S. henson paid off three of the bonds to Minor, the executor; and then by deed bearing- date the 1st of September 1863, and duly admitted to ..."

4. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1887)
"Application on a caveat lodged by henson against sealing letters patent to ... henson stated on affidavit his belief that the invention for which Alcock was ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"... the committing of the felony and murder hereinafter next mentioned, one Sarah henson was then quick with a certain male child ; and that Ann ..."

6. The Christian Examiner (1849)
"The subjects of two of these narratives, Douglass and henson, we have known ... The Life of Josiah henson, formerly a Slave, note an Inhabitant of Canada, ..."

7. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1915)
"James William henson, MD Owing to the destruction by fire of the records of Hanover county, which related to the events prior to the formation of Louisa ..."

8. ABC of Aviation: A Complete, Practical Treatise Outlining Clearly the by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1918)
"henson Airplane.—One of the first machines built to operate on airplane principle was devised by an Englishman named henson, and was built in 1843. ..."

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