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โ‡ฑ NELSON Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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: a wrestling hold marked by the application of leverage against an opponent's arm, neck, and head compare full nelson, half nelson

Word History

Etymology

probably from the name Nelson

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nelson was in 1889

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โ€œNelson.โ€ Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nelson. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

Geographical Definition

Nelson

geographical name

1
river 400 miles (644 kilometers) long in Manitoba, Canada, flowing from the northern end of Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay
2
city and port at the head of a bay on the northern coast of the South Island, New Zealand population 37,943

Biographical Definition

Nelson

biographical name

Horatio 1758โ€“1805 Viscount Nelson British admiral

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