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Parsons

[ pahr-suhnz ]

noun

  1. ղ·dzٳ [tawl, -kot, tal, -], 1902–79, U.S. sociologist and author.
  2. Theophilus, 1750–1813, U.S. jurist.
  3. William, Third Earl of Rosse, 1800–67, Irish astronomer.
  4. a town in SE Kansas.


Parsons

/ ˈɑːəԳ /

noun

  1. ParsonsSir Charles Algernon18541931MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: engineer Sir Charles Algernon . 1854–1931, English engineer, who developed the steam turbine
  2. ParsonsGram19461973MUSMUSIC: country singerMUSIC: songwriter Gram, real name Cecil Connor. 1946–73 US country-rock singer and songwriter; founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers (1968–70), he later released the solo albums G.P. (1973) and Grievous Angel (1974)
  3. ParsonsTalcott19021979MUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: sociologist Talcott. 1902–79, US sociologist, author of The Structure of Social Action (1937) and The Social System (1951)
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The hire is the first under sporting director Mark Parsons.

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"It's an example I think of the way that we're really sort of pioneering in this area," councillor Barry Parsons said.

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Bianca Parsons, from Alberta in Canada, is behind an initiative to promote locally-made goods, called Made In Alberta, which she says has had a surge in interest since the tariffs were introduced.

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Post-Civil War, you discuss how there were certainly what we would call today kind of “intersectional” feminists, like Lucy Parsons, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.

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"We don't change prices in any automated or algorithmic way," the company's UK director, Andrew Parsons, told MPs last month.

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