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Meaning of WILLIAMS

Pronunciation:  'wilyumz

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  United States playwright (1911-1983)
  2. [n]  English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
  3. [n]  United States baseball player noted as a hitter (born in 1918)
  4. [n]  United States poet (1883-1963)
 
 Synonyms: Roger Williams, Ted Williams, Tennessee Williams, Theodore Samuel Williams, Thomas Lanier Williams, William Carlos Williams
 
 See Also: ballplayer, baseball player, clergyman, colonist, dramatist, man of the cloth, playwright, poet, reverend, settler

 

 

 

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