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Madison
[ mad-uh-suhn ]
noun
- Dol·ly or Dol·ley [dol, -ee], Dorothea Payne, 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- James, 1751–1836, 4th president of the U.S. 1809–17.
- a city in and the capital of Wisconsin, in the S part.
- a city in NE New Jersey.
- a town in S Connecticut.
- a city in SE Indiana.
- a river in SW Montana and NW Wyoming, flowing N to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers and form the Missouri River. 183 miles (294 km) long.
- a dance in which the participants stand side by side in a line while one person, acting as leader, calls out various steps, each letter of the word “Madison” signaling a specific step.
madison
1/ ˈmædɪsən /
noun
- a type of cycle relay race
Madison
2/ ˈmædɪsən /
noun
- MadisonJames17511836MUSPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state James. 1751–1836, US statesman; 4th president of the US (1809–17). He helped to draft the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. His presidency was dominated by the War of 1812
Madison
3/ ˈmædɪsən /
noun
- a city in the US, in S central Wisconsin, on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona: the state capital. Pop: 218 432 (2003 est)
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of Madison1
Example Sentences
Makrigiorgos’s score put Madison in control, and it went on to win, 54-48, in Vienna.
During winter, the Fish and Wildlife Service searches for male and female red wolves that can be paired together to breed, Madison noted.
“Not surprisingly, the circuits that they’re looking at are remarkably similar to some of these processes in humans,” says Jules Panksepp, a social neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who was not part of the study.
Madison arrived at Bladensburg and went a little too far, nearly riding into the British lines before reversing course and finding a spot to watch the suddenly erupting battle.
“Longer-term vacancies can sometimes snowball and have the effect of spreading and negatively impacting surrounding areas,” said Ben Zeller, a city planner for Madison.
True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.
But I rest my case with this fact: James Madison, Ben Franklin, and George Washington said so.
According to James Madison, there was “a considerable pause.”
As President, the Father of the Constitution James Madison drank a pint a day.
William Hendricks, for some time governor of Indiana, died at Madison, aged 67.
In the same session, James Madison actively participated in a discussion concerning religious liberty and tolerance.
This clause was adopted, and James Madison for the first time attracted state-wide attention to his thinking and philosophy.
James Madison, a most profound student of government, is considered as the most influential member of the convention.
Although the President had to depart shortly afterwards, Dolly Madison stayed there for the duration of the war.
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