| frederick william | (n) the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688), Syn. Great Elector |
| frederick william i | (n) son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740) |
| frederick william ii | (n) king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797) |
| frederick william iii | (n) king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840) |
| frederick william iv | (n) king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865) |
| king william pine | (n) evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward, Syn. Athrotaxis selaginoides |
| sweet william | (n) Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers, Syn. Dianthus barbatus |
| vaughan williams | (n) English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958), Syn. Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| william and mary | (n) joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II |
| william i | (n) duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087), Syn. William the Conqueror |
| william ii | (n) the second son of William the Conqueror who succeeded him as King of England (1056-1100), Syn. William Rufus |
| william iii | (n) King of England and Scotland and Ireland; he married the daughter of James II and was invited by opponents of James II to invade England; when James fled, William III and Mary II were declared joint monarchs (1650-1702), Syn. William of Orange |
| william iv | (n) King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837), Syn. Sailor King |
| williams | (n) United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953), Syn. Hiram Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams |
| williams | (n) English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003), Syn. Sir Bernard Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen Williams |
| williams | (n) United States poet (1883-1963), Syn. William Carlos Williams |
| williams | (n) United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002), Syn. Theodore Samuel Williams, Ted Williams |
| williams | (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), Syn. Roger Williams |
| williams | (n) United States playwright (1911-1983), Syn. Tennessee Williams, Thomas Lanier Williams |
| williams syndrome | (n) a rare congenital disorder associated with deletion of genetic material in chromosome 7; characterized by mental deficiency and some growth deficiency and elfin faces but an overly social personality and a remarkable gift for vocabulary |
| williamstown | (n) a town in northwestern Massachusetts |
| barkley | (n) United States politician and lawyer; vice president of the United States (1877-1956), Syn. Alben William Barkley, Alben Barkley |
| beaumont | (n) United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853), Syn. William Beaumont |
| beaverbrook | (n) British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964), Syn. William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook |
| benet | (n) United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950), Syn. William Rose Benet |
| beveridge | (n) British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963), Syn. William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge |
| blake | (n) visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827), Syn. William Blake |
| bligh | (n) British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4, 000 miles away (1754-1817), Syn. Captain Bligh, William Bligh |
| bonney | (n) United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881), Syn. Billie the Kid, William H. Bonney |
| bradford | (n) United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752), Syn. William Bradford |
| bryan | (n) United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925), Syn. Boy Orator of the Platte, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner |
| burroughs | (n) United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997), Syn. William Seward Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Burroughs |
| burroughs | (n) United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898), Syn. William Seward Burroughs |
| butterfield | (n) English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900), Syn. William Butterfield |
| byrd | (n) English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623), Syn. William Byrd |
| caxton | (n) English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491), Syn. William Caxton |
| chambers | (n) English architect (1723-1796), Syn. Sir William Chambers, William Chambers |
| clark | (n) United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838), Syn. William Clark |
| clinton | (n) 42nd President of the United States (1946-), Syn. Bill Clinton, President Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton |
| cody | (n) United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917), Syn. William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill Cody |
| collins | (n) English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889), Syn. Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins |
| congreve | (n) English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729), Syn. William Congreve |
| cowper | (n) English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709), Syn. William Cowper |
| cowper | (n) English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800), Syn. William Cowper |
| craigie | (n) English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966), Syn. Sir William Alexander Craigie, William A. Craigie |
| crookes | (n) English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919), Syn. Sir William Crookes, William Crookes |
| cumberland | (n) English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765), Syn. Butcher Cumberland, Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus |
| curtis | (n) English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799), Syn. William Curtis |
| cushing | (n) United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939), Syn. Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing |
| dawes | (n) American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799), Syn. William Dawes |
