Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wise lawgiver.
- n. A legislator.
Wiktionary
- n. A wise legislator or lawgiver.
- n. Any legislator.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Solon), Athenian statesman. (Wiktionary)
- After Solon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The problem is i just went to a "so called solon" ...... and it turned it yello: - (. the ends are white from previously highligting;;;; and the top is yello! omg!”
“The mood was encapsulated by the remark of one oddball politician, solon to be Rand Paul, that "I don't do Afghanistan.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Brenner: America and the World -- Post November 2nd
“#17 POSTED BY daniel solon, May 22nd, 2009 1: 01 pm where are the marx brothers”
“April 12, 2010, 3: 30 am solon says: emendation – late on the West Coast – free debate in Israel vis a vis the USsolon (Quote)”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “White House Denies Israeli Visa Story”
“April 12, 2010, 2: 27 pm miles says: solon: Moreover, there is the objectively indefensibleaid to the enemies of the USA – for Israeli interests: The focus on U.S. military secrets is not limited to information needed for the defense of Israel, as was argued when Pollard was arrested.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “White House Denies Israeli Visa Story”
“I got banned for being to mean to the trolls. solon”
Think Progress » Jeb Bush: Sarah Palin lacks a ‘depth of understanding.’
“ Finally, Shrdlu had been forced to endure the obloquy of the unlettered, the scorn of the Puritanical solon, a typical example of H.L. Mencken'sbooboisiefor whom an open book was never an open book.”
“It turns out the health-care vote in Congress was a Waterloo, although Sen. Jim DeMint, the South Carolina solon who predicted as much, got a few details wrong.”
The Wall Street Journal: From Televangelism to the Tea Parties
“Morris sought to salvage his reputation before this imperious southern solon with a lengthy discourse drafted the day after Christmas.”
“ We also suspect there were demographic changes in the district since the Polish-American solon, a former football star at Holy Cross, was first elected a generation ago.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘solon’.
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Headlinese
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Sage advice
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's Capitol
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.names
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Studying
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Namesakes
Words derived from names, be they historical, literary, or mythological.
quixotic, cereal, odyssey, jovial, mercurial, erotic, achilles' heel, confucianism, lovecraftian, narcissism, echo, fallopian and 101 more...
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Words to Learn
GRE study time.
viscous, divestiture, gossamer, ponderous, sinuous, panegyric, concision, aria, propitiatory, wistful, salutary, ineluctable and 93 more...
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conglomeration
wherewithal, wan, zoonotic, zoonosis, nebulous, nefarious, nascent, quiescent, quell, undercroft, unwitting, unutterable and 658 more...
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Seven
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technomom's Words
misology, sacerdotal, omphaloskepsis, jimjams, incunabulum, repose, trecento, chimera, tridecennary, tenebrous, purblind, floruit and 207 more...
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Skot's Words
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Sierra
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spume, sidhe, synechdoche, schwa, serendipitous, sibilance, seminal, sussuration, seersucker, sardonyx, syllogism, solipsism and 54 more...
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Words from Classical Antiquity
Something that was handed me for a Latin class. Some of them (panic, fauna, hector, tantalize) have unexpected etymologies that make perfect sense.
Adonis, aegis, amazon, ambrosial, atlas, auroral, bacchanalian, bacchic, Cassandra, chimerical, chimeric, echolalia and 43 more...
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mdcclv's Words
froworker, cowcatcher, paper discovery, sunload, thumb down, hatefuck, solon, flightseeing, interestrange
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