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willis
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Princeton's WordNet
Willis, Thomas Willisnoun
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
Wiktionary
Willisnoun
from the name Will.
Willisnoun
transferred from the surname.
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willis
Willis is most commonly recognized as a personal male given name, often a variant of the name William. It can also be a surname. The name has Germanic origins, generally meaning "resolute protector." It may also refer to several places in the United States, a character in a TV show, or even a tower in Chicago previously known as the Willis Tower.
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Willis
Willis is the third album by the ska/soul band The Pietasters. It was released in 1997 This album was released during the mid- to late-1990s ska explosion, and reached 44 on the Heatseekers chart, a record for the Pietasters.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WILLIS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Willis is ranked #230 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Willis surname appeared 130,152 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 44 would have the surname Willis.
62.2% or 80,981 total occurrences were White.
31% or 40,438 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 3,319 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.3% or 3,007 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 1,731 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 664 total occurrences were Asian.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of willis in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of willis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of willis in a Sentence
Aphasia really means problems with language, and that can vary from having trouble finding your words to understanding what people say. It can occur because of a tumor on the brain, a stroke or from a progressive neurodegenerative condition, because his diagnosis is frontotemporal dementia, Mr. Willis clearly has a progressive, neurodegenerative disease as opposed to a stroke or a tumor or some other lesion on the brain.
That originally was a Bruce Willis choice, not to put it off on Bruce Willis.
You bet it was [ Bruce Willis first big film ], it was kind of like a big thing when Bruce Willis got this because Bruce Willis was just on ‘ Moonlighting. ’ This was Bruce Willis first movie, and Bruce Willis was the star of a huge blockbuster and it was very well advertised that Bruce Willis was making $ 5 million, which at the time was unbelievable. And everybody was like, ‘ Why would you pay $ 5 million to an untried movie star ? ’ But boy, someone was really smart.
I would get Bruce Willis into a situation and at some point I had learned that if someone wants, values me sexually, or I feel like they desire me, then they are entitled to me, when I was like 14, because I was so shamed like when all those blogs came out about how I looked, how my face looked, then my idea was that,' Oh, well then, if I'm desired sexually, then I have value.'.
She didn’t do anything violative of her obligations, i don’t think she did anything that jeopardized Fani Willis’ strategy or her ability to bring her case.
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