Ellis

[ el-is ]

/ ˈɛl ɪs /

Alexander JohnAlexander John Sharpe,1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.

(Henry) Have·lock

[hav-lok] /ˈhæv lɒk/,1859–1939, English psychologist and writer.

Definition for ellis (2 of 2)

Elli

[ el-ee ]

/ ˈɛl i /

an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.

< Icelandic elli, literally, old age. Cf. eld

The congressman was able to ride those credentials to a comfortable 57 percent to 43 percent victory over Ellis.

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The first human being to come through Ellis Island was an unaccompanied minor.

Is it Time to Send Lady Liberty Back to France? |Gene Robinson |July 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Thousands of unaccompanied minors followed her through Ellis Island.

Is it Time to Send Lady Liberty Back to France? |Gene Robinson |July 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He promised that Ellis "will have access to funds that will be helpful to his campaign."

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They had a delicatessen first in Brooklyn, then in Queens, and they entered the country legally through Ellis Island.

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Ellis, writing in 1765, supposes that they were the orifices of the cells occupied by the polypi.

The Ocean World: |Louis Figuier
Then Ellis left school and came to the works to carry on the tradition, and his father suddenly discovered him.

Tales of the Five Towns |Arnold Bennett
Or ellis ei desiren power forto han moneye or for cause of renoun.

Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' |Geoffrey Chaucer
"Ellis was telling a story, that's what we were laughing at when you came in," said Howard.

Tip Lewis and His Lamp |Pansy
More than 300,000 women passed through the "moral wicket" at Ellis Island last year.

Aliens or Americans? |Howard B. Grose

Ellis

/ (ˈɛlɪs) /

Alexander John . 1814–90, English philologist: made the first systematic survey of the phonology of British dialects

(Henry) Havelock (ˈhævlɒk). 1859–1939, English essayist: author of works on the psychology of sex

Ellis

[ ĕl′ĭs ]

(Henry) Havelock 1859-1939

British psychologist and writer known for his pioneering works on sexuality, such as Studies in the Psychology of Sex (seven volumes, 1897-1928).