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Fleming

1

[flem-ing]

noun

  1. a native of Flanders.

  2. a Flemish-speaking Belgian.



Fleming

2

[flem-ing]

noun

  1. Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.

  2. Ian (Lancaster), 1908–64, British writer of suspense novels.

  3. Peggy (Gale), born 1948, U.S. figure skater.

Fleming

1

/ ˈڱɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. Sir Alexander . 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist: discovered lysozyme (1922) and penicillin (1928): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1945

  2. Ian ( Lancaster ). 1908–64, English author of spy novels; creator of the secret agent James Bond

  3. Sir John Ambrose . 1849–1945, English electrical engineer: invented the thermionic valve (1904)

  4. é . born 1959, US operatic soprano and songwriter

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Fleming

2

/ ˈڱɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian Compare Walloon

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Fleming

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  1. Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928. The drug was developed and purified 11 years later by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, with whom Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Fleming was also the first to administer typhoid vaccines to humans.

Fleming

2
  1. British physicist and electrical engineer who devised the first electron tube in 1904. His invention was essential to the development of radio, television, and early computer circuitry. Fleming also helped develop electric devices designed for large-scale use, such as the electric lamp.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleming1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch Vlaeminc, equivalent to Vlaem- ( Flemish ) + -ing -ing 3; late Old English æԲ perhaps < Old Frisian
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleming1

C14: from Middle Dutch Vlaminc
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Example Sentences

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Brandishing his weapons, he told PC Stephanie Fleming, who confronted him: "I'm fed up, I'm done."

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The company also is moving forward with its Saturday “é Fleming and Friends” concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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The concert “Renee Fleming and Friends” is on the calendar for Saturday.

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Penicillin was discovered in London by Professor Alexander Fleming in 1928.

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Just ask David Fleming, from east Belfast, who has been living with one for a number of years and was one of about 1,000 men on a waiting list for bladder outlet surgery.

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