Hudson

[huhd-suhn]

noun

1. Henry, died 1611?, English navigator and explorer.

2. William Henry, 1841–1922, English naturalist and author.

3. a river in E New York, flowing S to New York Bay. 306 miles (495 km) long.

4. a town in central Massachusetts.

5. a town in S New Hampshire.

6. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.

Hudson

/ ˈhʌdsən /

noun

1. Henry. died 1611, English navigator: he explored the Hudson River (1609) and Hudson Bay (1610), where his crew mutinied and cast him adrift to die

2. W ( illiam ) H ( enry ). 1841–1922, British naturalist and novelist, born in Argentina, noted esp for his romance Green Mansions (1904) and the autobiographical Far Away and Long Ago (1918)

Example Sentences

"It just seems like a blatant political move," said Justin Turbeest, a craft brewer in Hudson, Wisconsin, who shut his tap room and laid off 20 staff this summer.

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Andre Joel Hudson, the wrestler who invited Jackson to the event, can be heard later on video telling Jackson what to do in the ring.

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Similarly, in October 1779, two suspected Tory spies captured in the Hudson Highlands were shot on the spot, their execution justified as punishment for treason.

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Dr. Elizabeth E. Hudson, regional physician chief of infectious diseases for Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said people 65 and older, and those who are immunocompromised should get vaccinated.

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Weinstein, who served as president and chief executive of the Hudson Institute, will report to Jeff Shell, who is president of Paramount under new owner and CEO David Ellison.

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