Houston
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Hous·ton (hyo̵̅o̅s′tən)
Houston,
Samuel 1793-1863; U.S. general & statesman: president of the Republic of Texas (1836-38; 1841-44): U.S. senator (1846-59)
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Hous·ton (hyo̵̅o̅s′tən)
city in SE Tex.: port on a ship canal connected with the Gulf of Mexico: pop. 1,954,000
Etymology: after Samuel Houston
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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