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Noun wilson has 11 senses
- Wilson, Harriet Wilson - author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
--1 is a kind of writer, author
- Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson - English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
--2 is a kind of writer, author
- Wilson, Alexander Wilson - Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
--3 is a kind of ornithologist, bird watcher
- Wilson, Robert Woodrow Wilson - United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
--4 is a kind of physicist
- Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson - Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
--5 is a kind of geophysicist
- Wilson, James Wilson - American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
--6 is a kind of American Revolutionary leader
- Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson - United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
--7 is a kind of entomologist, bugologist, bug-hunter
- Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson - Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
--8 is a kind of nuclear physicist
- Wilson, Edmund Wilson - United States literary critic (1895-1972)
--9 is a kind of literary critic
- Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson - 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
--10 is a kind of President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive
- Wilson, Mount Wilson - a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
--11 is a kind of mountain peak
--11 is a part of San Juan Mountains
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