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Acheson

[ ach-uh-suh n ]

/ ˈætʃ ə sən /

noun

Dean (Good·er·ham)

[goo d-er-ham, -uh m] /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm, -əm/,1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.

Edward Good·rich

[goo d-rich] /ˈgʊd rɪtʃ/,1856–1931, U.S. chemist.

Example sentences from the Web for acheson

“We had a couple martinis and an excellent dinner together,” Acheson said.

Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task |Matthew DeLuca |August 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
For an engineer and an astronaut, Acheson said, Armstrong was not half bad wielding a pen.

Neil Armstrong’s Heroic Challenger Task |Matthew DeLuca |August 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Acheson also persuaded Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican, to back Truman on this.

Obama’s ‘No Containment’ AIPAC Speech Made War With Iran Inevitable |Michael Tomasky |March 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Acheson, too, was anything but an anti-Semite and quite free of malevolence.

It's Not Israel's Fault |Edward N. Luttwak |July 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Mr. Acheson Maxwell died in London, near the beginning of January, at the advanced age of ninety-one.

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 |Various
I never thought of the hotels, said Mrs. Acheson in an apologetic voice.

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade
Irene Packingham is coming because of a cough, and so is Mrs. Acheson, and really the only strong ones are the boys.

A Flight with the Swallows |Emma Marshall
Mrs. Acheson, also the widow of an Indian officer, was not fashionable in the ordinary acceptance of the word.

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade
Taking steps meanwhile to accomplish your real object, murmured Mrs. Acheson under her breath.

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for acheson

Acheson

/ (ˈætʃɪsən) /

noun

Dean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman