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Definition of Watson

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

2. Noun. United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958).

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

Definition of Watson

1. Proper noun. (surname northern English and Scottish patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Proper noun. Doctor Watson, fictional character in, and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories ¹

3. Proper noun. Any character who performs as catalyst for the protagonist detective's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that's privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ¹

4. Proper noun. James D. Watson co-discoverer of the structure of DNA ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Watson

Waterloos Waterlooville Waters Waters' operation Waters' projection Waters' view Waters' view radiograph Waterson Waterston operation Waterston shunt

Watertown Wathawurung Watkin Watkins Watkinson Watson Watson-Crick helix Watson-Schwartz test Watsonius watsoni Watt

Watteau Wattieza Watts Watusi Watutsi Waugh Waughesque Waughian Wausau Wavell

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