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Fleming
1[ flem-ing ]
noun
- a native of Flanders.
- a Flemish-speaking Belgian.
Fleming
2[ flem-ing ]
noun
- Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
- Ian (Lancaster), 1908–64, British writer of suspense novels.
- Peggy (Gale), born 1948, U.S. figure skater.
Fleming
1/ ˈflɛmɪŋ /
noun
- FlemingSir Alexander18811955MScottishSCIENCE: bacteriologist Sir Alexander . 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist: discovered lysozyme (1922) and penicillin (1928): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1945
- FlemingIan (Lancaster)19081964MEnglishWRITING: author of spy novels Ian ( Lancaster ). 1908–64, English author of spy novels; creator of the secret agent James Bond
- FlemingSir John Ambrose18491945MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: engineer Sir John Ambrose . 1849–1945, English electrical engineer: invented the thermionic valve (1904)
- FlemingRenée1959FUSMUSIC: operatic soprano Renée . born 1959, US operatic soprano and songwriter
Fleming
2/ ˈflɛmɪŋ /
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian Compare Walloon
Fleming
1/ flĕm′ĭng /
- Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. The drug was developed and purified 11 years later by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, with whom Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Fleming was also the first to administer typhoid vaccines to humans.
Fleming
2- British physicist and electrical engineer who devised the first electron tube in 1904. His invention was essential to the development of radio, television, and early computer circuitry. Fleming also helped develop electric devices designed for large-scale use, such as the electric lamp.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Fleming1
Biography
Example Sentences
Fleming, an award-winning children’s book author, discusses “Cubs in the Tub,” which is about Helen Martini who went from raising orphaned big cat cubs in her home in the 1940s to becoming the first female zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo.
Stephenson shoved Fleming through the store’s plate-glass window.
Fleming appeared regularly on the radio during the general election to encourage her fellow migrants to get out and vote, and she’s stepped up her efforts considerably for the runoff.
In the effort to stitch together a winning coalition for Democrats, Fleming is leaning in with her needle.
That makes it hard for Fleming to connect with people from her country.
Yes, the original Bond, as imagined by Ian Fleming, was obviously white.
In the first episode, you meet Raoul Walsh and Gloria Swanson and Victor Fleming, who directed The Wizard of Oz.
Others such as Representative John Fleming, fought to keep the bill from passing.
If Rep. John C. Fleming has anything to do with it, the answer will be a defiant “no.”
Context: The comedian said this to his much-younger wife, Erin Fleming, before succumbing to pneumonia.
Mr Maxwell had seen Mr Fleming stepping up the brae, and he knew well that no words of his could comfort him.
He had few words to say to Mrs Fleming, for she seemed inclined to slumber through the afternoon.
Look here, Mr. Fleming, if you stoop down just here, you will be able to see the little animal.
Professor Theobald had fallen behind with Joseph Fleming, who had turned up among the crowd.
Mr Fleming rose, and stood face to face with his enemy; but when he spoke it was to Mr Maxwell that he turned.
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