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nelson¹

Where it comes from

Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg.

Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson.

noun nelsons

  1. A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
  2. A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back.

Nelson²

  • /ˈnɛlsən/

Rhymes with -ɛlsən

Where it comes from

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.

* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

proper noun Nelsons

  1. countable, uncountable A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname. Africans of my generation - and even today - generally have both a Western and an African name. Whites were either unable or unwilling to pronounce an African name, and considered it uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particula
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. countable, uncountable A small fishing town in Victoria, Australia.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in British Columbia, Canada.
  7. countable, uncountable A city and region of New Zealand, named after Horatio Nelson.
  8. countable, uncountable A town and civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
  9. countable, uncountable A village and community in Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1195).
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Butte County, California.
  12. countable, uncountable A small city in Pickens County and Cherokee County, Georgia.
  13. countable, uncountable A village and township in Lee County, Illinois.
  14. countable, uncountable A township in Cloud County, Kansas
  15. countable, uncountable A township in Kent County, Michigan.
  16. countable, uncountable A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
  17. countable, uncountable A minor city in Saline County, Missouri.
  18. countable, uncountable A township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.
  19. countable, uncountable A minor city, the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  20. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
  21. countable, uncountable A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  22. countable, uncountable A town in Madison County, New York.
  23. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Durham County, North Carolina.
  24. countable, uncountable A township in Barnes County, North Dakota
  25. countable, uncountable A township in Portage County, Ohio.
  26. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
  27. countable, uncountable A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania
  28. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
  29. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  30. countable, uncountable A town and village therein, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rapids, saskatchewan, abbotsford, dunbar, nielsen, beveridge, nielson, martinelli, somogyi, kemler, nfer, hold, grip, lock, pin, clinch

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name male given name

한국어넬슨 nellseun
中文納爾遜 /纳尔逊 Nà'ěrxùn
PortuguêsNélson

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@misc{nelson_2026,
  title = {nelson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nelson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}