Mitchell (n.)

  1. English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)

    [ Syn: mitchell , r. j. mitchell , reginald joseph mitchell ]

  2. United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

    [ Syn: mitchell , william mitchell , billy mitchell ]

  3. United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)

    [ Syn: mitchell , maria mitchell ]

  4. United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)

    [ Syn: mitchell , margaret mitchell , margaret munnerlyn mitchell ]

  5. United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)

    [ Syn: mitchell , john mitchell ]

  6. United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

    [ Syn: mitchell , arthur mitchell ]

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