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Definition of Henson
1. Noun. United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990).
Definition of Henson
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Henson
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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