Noun
- 1. Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell
- usage: United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
- 2. Powell, Cecil Frank Powell
- usage: English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
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