powell

Noun powell has 2 senses

• powell(n = noun.person) colin luther powell, colin powell - 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);
is a kind of full general, general, national leader, solon, statesman

• powell(n = noun.person) cecil frank powell - English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969);
is a kind of physicist