Definition of Roswell

1. Noun. A town in southeast New Mexico.

Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Land Of Enchantment, New Mexico, Nm

Definition of Roswell

1. Proper noun. A town in New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials. ¹

2. Proper noun. The most significant ufological event of a region. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roswell

Ross cycle
Rossbach
Rosser
Rossetti
Rossini
Rossolimo's reflex
Rossolimo's sign
Rossum
Rostand
Rostock
Rostov
Rostov-na-Donu
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov na Donu
Rostov on Don
Roswell
Rosy Lee
Rotarian
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Rotavirus
Rotch
Rotch's sign
Roth
Roth's disease
Roth's spots
Roth-Bernhardt disease
Roth IRA
Rothbardian

Literary usage of Roswell

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

1. Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia by Georgia (1900)
"roswell, Town of, Puhlic Schools. as the Alabama road, to the bridge on said road over the Oostanaula river, and to include a strip of the same width ..."

2. Off-hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers by Stephen Fiske (1884)
"His father died when roswell was only eight years old, leaving little else except eight ... roswell attended the public school until he was fourteen, ..."

3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the (1898)
"FARNHAM, roswell, thirty-eighth governor of Vermont (1880-82), was born in Boston, ... roswell Farnham's father established himself in Haverhill, Mass., ..."

4. Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by New Braintree (Mass.), New Braintree (Mass (1904)
"roswell and Theodocia, Aug. 14,. Charles, s. Col. roswell and Theodocia, Jan. 3,. ... roswell and Theodocia, Jan. 28,. Eleanor Robinson, d. Capt. ..."

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