Chadwick

American  

[chad-wik] / ˈtʃæd wɪk /

noun

1. Florence (May), 1918–1995, U.S. long-distance swimmer.

2. Henry, 1824–1908, U.S. sportswriter and baseball pioneer, born in England.

3. George Whitefield, 1854–1931, U.S. composer.

4. James, 1891–1974, English physicist: discoverer of the neutron; Nobel Prize 1935.

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Chadwick British  

/ ˈtʃædwɪk /

noun

1. Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)

2. Sir James. 1891–1974, British physicist: discovered the neutron (1932): Nobel prize for physics 1935

3. Lynn ( Russell ). 1914–2003, British sculptor in metal

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Chadwick Scientific  

/ chăd′wĭk /

1. British physicist who in 1932 discovered the neutron. For this work, he received the 1935 Nobel Prize for chemistry.

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Example Sentences

He got better after that, winning two Southern Section player of the year honors at the Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Its 2022 sequel was largely defined by the death of star Chadwick Boseman after a battle with cancer, which forced Coogler to rewrite the film.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Ancora has run more than 30 public campaigns in the past six years, targeting companies including Norfolk Southern and Kohl’s, often with pointed attacks from its activism specialist and bulldog-in-chief, Jim Chadwick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

On 22 December, Bristol's Circuit Court will hear the clinic's case against an eviction notice served by their landlords, brothers Chase and Chadwick King in April 2024.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

I would take pennies from the store cash register so Frances and I could go to the Chadwick Movie Theater—it cost only ten cents.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride