Wesley

Definition: Wesley

Wesley

Noun

1. English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791).

"Wesley" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a western meadow".

Date "Wesley" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonym: Wesley

Synonym: John Wesley (n). (additional references)

See:

John Wesley
Charles Wesley
User:Wesley

Crosswords: Wesley

English words defined with "Wesley": John Wesley ♦ Methodist, Methodist Church, Methodists ♦ Wesleyan, Wesleyanism, Wesleyism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Wesley": Beaten with his own Staff ♦ Friendships Broken ♦ LINCtape ♦ metaphone ♦ Solution Based Modelling, statistical time division multiplexing ♦ Wesley Clark. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well does Wesley have to leave the country? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) My brother Wesley gave it to me just before he committed suicide. (Ciao Manhattan; writing credit: John Palmer; David Weisman) Yes, we'd love to meet Wesley of Wesley and Leslie. (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)
Movie/TV Titles	The Wesley Show (1973) John Wesley (1954) Wesley (1949)
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Domain	Title
References	Wesley Jessen VisionCare, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Hearts Aflame : Prayers of Susanna, John and Charles Wesley (reference) The Quintessential Canadian Anaesthetist Wesley Bourne: A Retrospective on the Foundations of McGill Anesthesia (reference) Wesley Bourne: The Quintessential Canadian Anaesthetist: A Retrospective on the Foundaions of McGill Anesthesia (Fontanus Monograph Series, 10) (reference) Addison Wesley Chemistry Asap (reference) From Wesley to Asbury: Studies in Early American Methodism (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Great Preachers:Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	John Wesley Harding (reference) Nashville Skyline/New Morning/John Wesley Harding [BOX SET] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	Wesley Gordon, NRCS District Conservationist, and a local community college student discuss the operation of a mine water remediation project. The project passively treats water in a natural wetlands system which causes the iron oxide to filter from the w.Credit: Bob Nichols.		[John Wesley Cline].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Dr. Wesley E. Drennen,].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Oil on wood, 35" x 27", by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840).Credit: NAVY.
	On board USS Kidd (DDG-993) in April 1982. They are (seated, left to right): Jesse W. Arbor; Dalton L. Baugh; William S. White; Samuel E. Barnes; (standing, left to right): George C. Cooper; James E. Hare; John W. Reagan; Graham E. Martin; Wesley A. Brown; Frank E. Sublett. Brown was the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. The others were members of "the Golden Thirteen", the first African-American Navy officers, who were commissioned in 1944.Credit: NAVY.		John Wesley Powell's boat with chair attached, on the banks of the Colorado River.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Warrenton, Va. Maj. Charles J. Whiting, Capt. James E. Harrison, and Capt. Wesley W. Owens of the 5th U.S. Cavalry.Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, officer of the Federal Army.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Wesley A. Gove.Credit: Library of Congress.		Wesley Lake, N.J.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
John Wesley	Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
	The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.
	Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.
	Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.
	I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.
	Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.
	Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
	Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
	My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Wesley" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wesley" is used about 677 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	677	9,752

The following table summarizes the usage of "Wesley" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Wesley	First name Female	1,000	3,455
Wesley	First name Male	104,000	171
Wesley	Last name	8,000	1,476
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Wesley, AR
Zip Code(s): 72773
Country: USA

2. Wesley, IA (city, FIPS 83415)
Location: 43.08890 N, 93.99300 W
Population (1990): 444 (208 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 50483
Country: USA

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Expression: Wesley

Expressions using "Wesley": john wesley ♦ Wesley Chapel ♦ Wesley Clark ♦ Wesley Hills. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Wesley": Addison-wesley.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wesley

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
wesley clark	611	scott foresman addison wesley	43
wesley snipes	430	john wesley shipp	42
john wesley	393	lyrics wesley willis	42
addison wesley	378	gen wesley clark	40
wesley willis	310	addison wesley publishing	36
wesley	153	inn wesley	35
general wesley clark	138	addison wesley publisher	35
wesley college	125	mccoy wesley	34
wesley allen	100	john wesley harding	32
wesley medical center	98	wesley chapel	30
john wesley hardin	80	wesley wood	28
wesley jessen	60	susanna wesley	27
wesley clark for president	60	wesley theological seminary	27
draft wesley clark	57	house wesley	26
wesley allen bed	55	bishop jr thomas week wesley	26
addison wesley longman	55	wesley chapel florida	25
dobbs john wesley	50	hospital wesley	25
jonathan wesley	49	george wesley bellows	25
wesley pipe	46	addison wesley publishing company	25
charles wesley	44	fred wesley	24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Wesley

Language		Translations for "Wesley"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		уэсли. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Wesley

Misspellings
	"Wesley" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Besley, Dersley, Espley, Nelsey, Watley, Weksler, wesly, Wisbey, Wolsley. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Wesley

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-l-s-w-y"
	-1 letter: seely, wyles.
	-2 letters: eels, eely, else, ewes, eyes, lees, leys, lyes, lyse, seel, slew, weel, wees, wyes, wyle, yews.
	-3 letters: eel, els, ewe, eye, lee, ley, lye, see, sel, sew, sly, wee, wye, yes, yew.
	-4 letters: el, es, we, ye.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-l-s-w-y"
	+1 letter: leeways, sweetly, weasely.
	+2 letters: walleyes, weaselly, westerly.
	+3 letters: awesomely, flywheels, newlyweds, yellowest.
	+4 letters: newsweekly, semiweekly, sweepingly, sweetishly, viewlessly, wavelessly, yellowlegs.
	+5 letters: housewifely, powerlessly, superlawyer, wearilessly, wearisomely, wholesomely, yellowwares, yokefellows.
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