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William Bligh
- noun - British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
William Clark
- noun - United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)
William Dawes
- noun - American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
William Green
- noun - United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
William Henry
- noun - English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
William James
- noun - United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
William Rufus
- noun - the second son of William the Conqueror who succeeded him as King of England (1056-1100)
William Wyler
- noun - United States filmmaker (1902-1981)
Willingnesses
- noun - cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"