Dictionary  WellsPronunciation: (welz), [key] —n. 1. Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping. 2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian. 3. Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic. 4. Ida Bell (Ida Bell Wells-Barnett), 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil-rights leader. 5. a historic town in E Somersetshire, in SW England: cathedral. 8586. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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