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Hudson

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Hud·son  (hdsn), Henry Died 1611.
English navigator and explorer who discovered (1609) the Hudson River on an expedition for the East India Company.
Hudson, William Henry 1841-1922.
British naturalist and writer whose works include Green Mansions (1904).
Hudson [ˈhʌdsən]
n
1. (Biographies / Hudson, Henry (death date: 1611) M, English, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Henry. died 1611, English navigator: he explored the Hudson River (1609) and Hudson Bay (1610), where his crew mutinied and cast him adrift to die
2. (Biographies / Hudson, W(illiam) H(enry) (1841-1922) M, Britishnational of birth: Argentinian, SCIENCE: naturalist, WRITING: novelist) W(illiam) H(enry). 1841-1922, British naturalist and novelist, born in Argentina, noted esp for his romance Green Mansions (1904) and the autobiographical Far Away and Long Ago (1918)
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Noun1.HudsonHudson - a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
Hudson River
Empire State, New York State, NY, New York - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
2.Hudson - English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)
W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson
3.HudsonHudson - English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)
Henry Hudson


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We passed the remaining hours of daylight--some basking in the sunshine, some sketching, some collecting; Hudson made tea, I coffee, and at length we retired, each one to his blanket bag.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Well, matters went from bad to worse with us, and this animal Hudson became more and more intrusive, until at last, on making some insolent reply to my father in my presence one day, I took him by the shoulders and turned him out of the room.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Perhaps no district throughout the wide extent of the intermediate frontiers can furnish a livelier picture of the cruelty and fierceness of the savage warfare of those periods than the country which lies between the head waters of the Hudson and the adjacent lakes.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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