Word "NELSON" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
Synonyms:
admiral nelson, horatio nelson, lord nelson, viscount nelson

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck

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Wrestling hold Commuter 20 Apr 2024
Country singer/songwriter who wrote the 1961 Patsy Cline hit Crazy, Willie ...
Jesy _, singer who left Little Mix in 2020 (6)
Admiral at Trafalgar The Sun Two Speed 31 Mar 2024
Victorious flag officer in hold The Sun Two Speed 31 Mar 2024
French refusal to accept golfer as admiral (6)
Horatio's hold (6)
Either of two wrestling holds (6)
Lionheart soon replaced as British hero (7,6)
Seaman in a hold
Admiral in wrestling hold (6)
Hold a celebrated admiral
Jesy _, former Little Mix singer
Horatio The Telegraph Quick 07 Jan 2024
Horatio (6)
Channel so nearly consumes naval hero (6)
English admiral The Guardian Quick 27 Dec 2023
Singer Willie ___ turned 90 (6)
British naval hero The Times Concise 21 Dec 2023
Willie or Ricky
Activist Mandela
Trafalgar hero Mirror Tea Time 29 Nov 2023
Hold naval hero (6)
Half or full wrestling hold Family Time 20 Nov 2023
Civil rights icon Mandela New York Times 15 Oct 2023
"The Simpsons" bully with a distinctive laugh Universal 28 Sep 2023
Leader who died in ship's hold The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Jul 2023
Hold new Lemsip at first to stop runny nose The Guardian Cryptic 02 Jun 2023
__ Muntz, Simpson's character known for his trademark 'ha-ha' The Guardian Weekend 07 Jan 2023
___ Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Singer Willie Premier Sunday 11 Dec 2022
Wrestling hold Eugene Sheffer 10 Dec 2022
Nemesis of Bart and Milhouse Wall Street Journal 30 Nov 2022
Hold old English hero The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Nov 2022
Wrestling maneuver New York Times 03 Nov 2022
Hold Lancashire town The Times Cryptic 18 Oct 2022
Famous disabled London columnist?
Humanitarian Mandela Universal 24 Jul 2022
Country singer Willie LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2022
He didn't lose at sea in the centre of channels Irish Times Crosaire 18 May 2022
__ Muntz, character in The Simpsons The Guardian Weekend 14 May 2022
Gaylord ___, American environmentalist who was the founder of Earth Day
Trafalgar Square honoree Newsday 17 Feb 2022
One's admiral slain finally at sea The Guardian Cryptic 27 Jan 2022
"Half ___," 2006 film starring Ryan Gosling as a history teacher
One's admiral slain finally at sea
Our highest military man with grip on opponent?
Former sailor found in hold? The Telegraph Toughie 16 Dec 2021
Wrestling hold The Telegraph Quick 15 Dec 2021
___ Mandela, South African anti-apartheid leader who received a Nobel Peace Prize
Half ___ (wrestling hold) New York Times 07 Dec 2021
British admiral The Times Concise 06 Dec 2021
Hold in a match LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2021
Naval officer once in the hold for fighting The Telegraph Toughie 21 Sep 2021
Trafalgar Square statue Newsday 19 Sep 2021
Singer Willie New York Times 08 Aug 2021
Hold turnover of some casinos' lenders
Admiral or magazine editor getting hold on 111
Horatio ..., British admiral Irish Times Simplex 25 Jan 2021
See 25
Admiral at Mass by Haydn in NZ city
Hold a famous sailor
England's highest military man?
Famous admiral The Times Concise 12 Oct 2020
Admiral mortally wounded at Trafalgar Irish Times Simplex 02 Oct 2020
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mandela USA Today 17 Sep 2020
___ Piquet Jr., Brazilian racing driver who won the Sargento 200 of the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2012
Naval commander embraced by colonels only The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Jul 2020
British admiral The Times Concise 03 Jun 2020
Lee ___, a fictional character created by comedian Simon Brodkin who has pranked the likes of Theresa May and Kanye West
Admiral at Trafalgar The Sun Two Speed 25 Apr 2020
Channel so nearly consumes seafaring lord The Sun Two Speed 25 Apr 2020
Wrestler’s hold Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2020
Hold light to cover lines on both sides
Finally, when telephone call is on hold
Trafalgar Square honoree Newsday 01 Dec 2019
South Africa’s Mandela Wall Street Journal 11 Nov 2019
Famously victorious vice-admiral Newsday 05 Oct 2019
Hold in a ring Newsday 14 Sep 2019
Unfortunately Len's no hero The Sun Two Speed 23 Jul 2019
British naval hero The Sun Two Speed 23 Jul 2019
Wrestling hold: New Zealand town The Guardian Speedy 30 Jun 2019
British naval hero The Telegraph Quick 13 Jun 2019
Channel so nearly consumes renowned seaman The Sun Two Speed 31 May 2019
Grapnels only partially hold
Mandela of the ANC USA Today 07 Mar 2019
'Full' or 'half' hold USA Today 07 Feb 2019
Hold naval commander
Mandela of the ANC
"Full" or "half" hold
English admiral The Times Concise 05 Nov 2018
Hold one in high position in Westminster
Naval hero The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2018
Victorious naval officer in hold The Sun Two Speed 30 Sep 2018
Willie ___, pioneer of outlaw country music with the hit "On The Road Again"
Hold edges of lens in possible source of light? The Telegraph Toughie 21 Aug 2018
'Georgia on My Mind' singer Willie The Washington Post Sunday 29 Jul 2018
Apt name for a wrestler The Washington Post Sunday 15 Jul 2018
Wrestling hold name Universal 17 May 2018
___ Mandela, revolutionary who served as the former President of South Africa
Turns up nose over Lima, first novel by English hero Irish Times Crosaire 17 Mar 2018
Hold with Deneuve's refusal to embrace South African golfer
Naval commander in eastern part of Channel's aboard The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Jan 2018
Wrestling hold name
Naval hero's grip on opponent
Victorious flag officer in the hold
"Half ___" (Gosling film) Universal 03 Nov 2017
Nobelist Mandela Universal 24 Sep 2017
You'll find this admiral in the hold The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Sep 2017
Willie of country LA Times Daily 28 Aug 2017
Willie of country The Washington Post 28 Aug 2017
Admiral in the hold
Admiral in the hold for fighting?
National hero once old scorn's regularly dismissed The Telegraph Toughie 10 May 2017
Wrestling hold The Washington Post 06 May 2017
Wrestling hold LA Times Daily 06 May 2017
Turns up nose over large novel started by English hero Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2017
Horatio ..., English admiral Irish Times Simplex 08 Feb 2017
Admiral No. 111?
Willie of country
Nobelist Mandela
"Half ___" (Gosling film)
He sang "On the Road Again" Universal 29 Dec 2016
Admiral killed at the Battle of Trafalgar New York Times 08 Dec 2016
Maritime chief that's seen in hold The Telegraph Toughie 30 Nov 2016
Trafalgar Square honoree Wall Street Journal 02 Nov 2016
Roger ____ (famed Eskimo lineman) Canadiana 17 Oct 2016
. New at pole dancing, lose hold
'Always On My Mind' crooner The Washington Post 01 Sep 2016
Columnist channels online content The Telegraph Toughie 03 Aug 2016
Admiral Byron, for example
Naval hero injured more than once in hold when fighting The Telegraph Cryptic 29 May 2016
Hold Lowry maybe in particular light The Telegraph Toughie 25 May 2016
Admiral‘s strong grasp
Admiral's strong grasp The Guardian Cryptic 03 May 2016
Hold with both arms, say New York Times 09 Apr 2016
Wrestling hold Thomas Joseph 15 Mar 2016
A Rockefeller Universal 14 Feb 2016
Pre-pinning hold The Chronicle of Higher Education 12 Feb 2016
One dying in his ship's hold The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jan 2016
He sang "On the Road Again"
Pre-pinning hold
A Rockefeller
Admiral killed at the Battle of Trafalgar
"Full" or "half" wrestling hold Universal 14 Nov 2015
Naval hero The Telegraph Quick 04 Nov 2015
Admiral‘s sole upset is in the news
Mr. Mandela USA Today 19 Oct 2015
Hold and name the Spanish boy The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Sep 2015
Sailor from Tyneside's little boy
One of the Rockefellers Universal 26 Aug 2015
Foreigner's refusal to accept golfer as national hero The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jul 2015
Bully in Bart's class Wall Street Journal 19 Jun 2015
Admiral in hold
Bully on 'The Simpsons' New York Times 08 Mar 2015
Victorious flag officer in the hold The Times Cryptic 02 Jan 2015
"Full" or "half" wrestling hold
Country icon Willie
Bully on "The Simpsons"
One of the Rockefellers
Mr. Mandela
Bully in Bart's class
Willie or Craig T.
See 1-Across
Trafalgar Square honoree
Thriller writer DeMille
Hold on a mat
Hold golfer instead of first 9 of 12
Gas enveloping disembowelled limbless admiral
"Full" or "half" wrestling hold
Hold on a mat
Ozzie or Harriet
Wrestling hold
Willie of country music
Battle of Trafalgar commander
"After the Rain" band
Texas slugger Cruz
Author DeMille
Mandela or Rockefeller
Trafalgar victor
"Always on My Mind" singer
Author DeMille
Nobel laureate Mandela
Former vice president Rockefeller
Texas slugger Cruz
Wrestling hold
Gov. Rockefeller
Hold on a mat
Musical Riddle
Vice-Admiral at the Battle of Copenhagen
"Always on My Mind" singer
Willie of country music
Singer Willie
Full or half wrestling hold
Victor at Trafalgar
Mandela of South Africa
South Africa's Mandela
One of the Rockefellers
His statue graces Trafalgar Square
Hold on the mat
"The Simpsons" bully
Hero of Trafalgar
Wrestling hold
Napoleonic Wars figure
Wrestling hold
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mandela
Kind of hold
Type of hold
Hold in the gym
Ozzie or Harriet
Ozzie and/or Harriet
Half or full
Wrestling hold
Ozzie or Harriet
Surname of U.S. senators from Florida and Nebraska
Victor at Trafalgar, 1805
Two-time winner of the Masters
'50s-'60s sitcom family name
'50s-'60s sitcom family name
South Africa's Mandela
Wrestling hold
"Full" or "half" wrestling hold
Links great Byron
Willie of country
Trafalgar hero
Wrestling hold
A Rockefeller
Wrestling hold
Ozzie or Ricky
Dillinger gang member
South Africa's Mandela
Ozzie or Harriet
Wrestling hold
Trafalgar admiral
Mandela or Rockefeller
Trafalgar Square honoree
Early sitcom family name
Trafalgar Square honoree
Singer Eddy
Wrestler's hold
Ozzie or Willie
Early sitcom family name
Ozzie or Harriet
Vice President Rockefeller
Trafalgar Square honoree
Byron of golf
South Africa's Mandela
"On the Road Again" singer
"On the Road Again" singer
Golfing great Byron
Trafalgar Square honoree
Move by 16 Across
Trafalgar victor
"On the Road Again" singer
Sen. Gaylord ___, who originated Earth Day
Head squeeze
Famous name in 50's TV
Ozzie or Willie
Eddy or Riddle
Subject of a Trafalgar Square column
"Always On My Mind" singer
Hero of Trafalgar
Byron or Horatio
Hold for Ozzie?
Trafalgar Square figure
Trafalgar Square statue
Willie or Rick
Wrestling hold
Charles ___ Reilly
Gerald's V.P.
Senator from Wis.
Half or Ozzie
Golfer Byron
Lady Hamilton's friend
First name in New York.
One of the Rockefellers.
Gubernatorial name.
First name in politics.
Wrestling hold.
Half ___.
British naval hero.
Lady Hamilton's lover.
Gubernatorial first name.
Admiral Horatio.
Subject of monument in Trafalgar Square.
Gen. Bradley's middle name.
Byron of golf.
Canadian river.
Famous British admiral.
Former W. P. B. head.
Omar ___ Bradley.
Naval hero.
A biography by Robert Southey.
One-armed British admiral.
Trafalgar admiral.
Golfer voted top male athlete, 1945.
Byron ___, ranking U. S. athlete.
Former WPB chairman.
Recent visitor to China.
Great English admiral (1758–1805).
Head of a war agency.
Head of war production.
Production boss.
Head of WPB.
Hold under the armpit
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