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Noun: Powell
  1. United States general who was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as Secretary of State (1937-2021)
    "Powell served as Secretary of State during President George W. Bush's first term";
    - Colin Powell, Colin Luther Powell
     
  2. English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
    - C. F. Powell, Cecil Frank Powell

Type of: full general, general, national leader, physicist, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Powell, Missouri