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Series of pioneering aircraft
The Lockheed Explorer was the least successful wooden airplane design produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Company. The Vega fuselage was combined with a
Lockheed_Explorer
American aviation engineer and industrialist (1889–1969)
brother, Malcolm Loughead, which became Lockheed Corporation. Loughead changed his name during 1934 to Allan Lockheed, the phonetic spelling of his family
Allan_Lockheed
Utility transport aircraft by Lockheed
The Lockheed Vega is an American five- to seven-seat high-wing monoplane airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation starting in 1927. It became famous
Lockheed_Vega
1930s sports aircraft
The Lockheed Altair was a single-engined sport aircraft produced by Lockheed Aircraft Limited in the 1930s. It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius
Lockheed_Altair
the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin
List_of_Lockheed_aircraft
20th-century American aviator
aircraft: the fuselage of an airworthy Lockheed Orion and the wings of a wrecked experimental Lockheed Explorer. The Explorer wing was six feet longer in span
Wiley_Post
The Lockheed Air Express was the second aircraft design created by the Lockheed Aircraft Company after its founding in 1927; the type first flew in April
Lockheed_Air_Express
Deep-sea drillship platform used by the CIA to recover sunken Soviet submarine
GSF Explorer, formerly USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193), was a deep-sea drillship platform built for Project Azorian, the secret 1974 effort by the
Glomar_Explorer
US Air Force hypersonic aircraft concept
reconnaissance (ISR). It was proposed privately in 2013 by Lockheed Martin as a successor to the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. As of 2025, no confirmed flight
Lockheed_Martin_SR-72
High-altitude, supersonic reconnaissance aircraft
with delays and cost overruns, whereas Lockheed had produced the U-2 on time and under budget. In addition, Lockheed had experience running a highly classified
Lockheed_A-12
1931 transport aircraft family
aircraft produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The Orion was the last design using many identical elements from the Lockheed designs preceding it
Lockheed_Model_9_Orion
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up explore or explorer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An explorer is a person involved in exploration, an activity with some expectation of
Explorer_(disambiguation)
American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)
mail-and-passenger air route from the West Coast to Russia. He attached a Lockheed Explorer wing to a Lockheed Orion fuselage, fitting floats for landing in the lakes of
Will_Rogers
American heavy military transport aircraft
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed
Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
American aircraft prototype
to Lockheed and Northrop as the two finalists for demonstration/validation. Northrop teamed with McDonnell Douglas to develop the YF-23; Lockheed teamed
Lockheed_YF-22
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
analysts suspect a deepfake. Data from Lockheed Martin: F-35 specifications, Lockheed Martin: F-35 weaponry, Lockheed Martin: F-35 Program Status, F-35 Program
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
(IRIS), also called Explorer 94 and SMEX-12, is a NASA solar observation satellite. The mission was funded through the Small Explorer program to investigate
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
Interface_Region_Imaging_Spectrograph
Experimental stealth aircraft
Lockheed Have Blue was the code name for Lockheed's proof-of-concept demonstrator for a stealth fighter. Have Blue was designed by Lockheed's Skunk Works
Lockheed_Have_Blue
Specific model of the F-16 fighter aircraft family
Dynamics from 1974 to 1993, Lockheed Corporation from 1993 to 1995, and since 1995, it has been manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The F-16 variants, along
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_variants
1962 experimental helicopter series by Lockheed
The Lockheed XH-51 (Model 186) is an American single-engine experimental helicopter designed by Lockheed Aircraft, utilizing a rigid rotor and retractable
Lockheed_XH-51
Proposed bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force derived from the F-22 Raptor
Fighter 2037 bomber controversy Related development Lockheed YF-22 Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA Aircraft of comparable role, configuration
Lockheed_Martin_FB-22
Air Express Lockheed L-4 Explorer Lockheed L-5 Vega Lockheed L-7 Explorer Lockheed L-8 Altair Lockheed L-8 Sirius Lockheed L-9 Orion Lockheed L-10 Electra
List_of_aircraft_(Li–Lz)
Three-engined jet airliner converted into tanker/transport aircraft used by the RAF
service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). All airframes were second-hand Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStars converted from airliners previously operated by British
Lockheed_TriStar_(RAF)
American experimental helicopter
The Lockheed CL-475 is a two-seat, single-engine light helicopter developed by Lockheed to explore rigid rotor technology. The CL-475 has a three-bladed
Lockheed_CL-475
Special mission military aircraft
payload AN/ALQ-172 Related development C-130 Hercules Lockheed HC-130 Lockheed Martin KC-130 Lockheed AC-130 Related lists List of active United States military
Lockheed_MC-130
Operating division of Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Space is one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. It has its headquarters in Littleton, Colorado, with additional
Lockheed_Martin_Space
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE, or Explorer 73, SMEX-4) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections
TRACE
List of Lockheed aircraft in preservation
is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by the Lockheed Corporation and its successor Lockheed Martin Corporation, and are in preservation, most of
List of preserved Lockheed aircraft
List_of_preserved_Lockheed_aircraft
Concept lunar lander for Artemis program
The Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander is a series of design concepts by Lockheed Martin for a crewed lunar lander. The first proposal, Mars-Precursor Lunar
Lockheed_Martin_Lunar_Lander
Miniature unmanned aerial vehicle
The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk is a miniature UAV used for base perimeter protection. It was designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United
Lockheed_Martin_Desert_Hawk
Artemis program crewed spacecraft
which had been a 2006 NASA contract award to Lockheed Martin. The command module is being built by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud Assembly Facility, while
Orion_(spacecraft)
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX or Explorer 91 or SMEX-10) is a NASA satellite in Earth orbit that uses energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) to image the
Interstellar Boundary Explorer
Interstellar_Boundary_Explorer
American modular unmanned aerial vehicle
The Lockheed Martin X-56 is an American modular unmanned aerial vehicle that is being designed to explore High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) flight technologies
Lockheed_Martin_X-56
The Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) is part of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) that is known primarily
Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
Lockheed_Martin_Solar_and_Astrophysics_Laboratory
Lockheed Martin expendable launch system
was a 1990s Lockheed Martin expendable launch system which underwent several name changes in its lifetime. Development began at the Lockheed Corporation
Athena_(rocket_family)
American stealthy anti-ship cruise missile
LRASM-A is a subsonic cruise missile based on Lockheed Martin's 500 nm-range AGM-158 JASSM-ER; Lockheed Martin was awarded initial development contracts
AGM-158C_LRASM
U.S. rocket artillery fired tactical ballistic missile
-to-procure-long-range-precision-fires Lockheed Martin PrSM webpage Lockheed Martin PrsM Product Card Lockheed Martin PrSM Fast Fact Media related to
Precision_Strike_Missile
Planned Sun-observing satellite
The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a future NASA mission to study the heating of the solar corona and the impact of solar eruptions and flares that
Multi-slit_Solar_Explorer
Hypersonic anti-ship missile
release). Lockheed Martin. 22 July 2024. Dangwal, Ashish (2024-04-11). "US Unveils 'Hypersonic Missile' For F-35 Stealth Fighters; Lockheed Says Can Be
Mako_(missile)
humorist Will Rogers, are killed in the crash of a hybrid Lockheed Orion/Lockheed Explorer aircraft near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. September
1935_in_aviation
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Explorer 31, also called DME-A, was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program. Explorer 31 was launched on 29 November 1965 from Vandenberg
Explorer_31
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Gehrels Swift Observatory, previously called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, is a NASA three-instrument space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Neil_Gehrels_Swift_Observatory
Fictional depictions of aircraft
to resemble Swank. Lockheed Hudsons appeared in the films A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) and Captains of the Clouds (1942) Lockheed Hudsons appeared in
Aircraft_in_fiction
Upcoming crewed mission of the Artemis program
Germany in September 2024. The spacecraft's pressure vessel was built by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud Assembly Facility and shipped to the Kennedy Space
Artemis_III
US submersible barge
November 1982. At that time, the United States Navy towed the huge barge to a Lockheed Martin facility in Redwood City, California, where it became a floating
Hughes_Mining_Barge
1974 CIA project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129
countermeasures, and related documentation. Hughes Glomar Explorer employed a large mechanical claw, which Lockheed officially titled the "Capture Vehicle" but affectionately
Project_Azorian
L-band AESA 3D air search radar
AN/FPS-117 – Standard fixed version produced by Lockheed Martin. AN/TPS-59 - Transportable version produced by Lockheed Martin. AN/TPS-77 – Transportable, improved
AN/FPS-117
2006 American UAV
The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III (DHIII) is a miniature UAV designed by the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in 2006. It is a small surveillance drone,
Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III
Lockheed_Martin_Desert_Hawk_III
Air-launched ballistic missile
test, was initially targeted at the Explorer 4 satellite. Due to errors in calculating the satellite's orbit Explorer 5 was targeted instead. The ASAT test
High_Virgo
Planned spaceflight mission
Lunar Lander Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander Cancelled / concepts Altair Baden-Württemberg 1 Beresheet 2 #dearMoon project European Lunar Explorer First Lunar
Artemis_IV
Entrapment of charged particles along geomagnetic lines of force
charged layer directly using the Explorer 1 satellite as part of the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Before Explorer launched, the Soviets surprised
Christofilos_effect
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
(Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration, Explorer 78 or MIDEX-1) was a NASA Medium Explorer mission that studied the global response of the Earth's
IMAGE_(spacecraft)
Aircraft manufacturer in the United States
Verticalmag.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016. "Lockheed Martin Completes Acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft · Lockheed Martin". Lockheedmartin.com. Retrieved March
Sikorsky_Aircraft
City in California, United States
due to Lockheed's presence, employing some 80,800 men and women producing aircraft such as the Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Burbank,_California
American armored self-propelled artillery
Greece plans to modernize some of its M270s with an offer by Lockheed. In December 2024, Lockheed offered the upgrade of 26 of the 36 MLRSs to the Μ-270Α1
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System
July 1, 2020. "U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Third and Fourth GPS III Satellites". Lockheed Martin. January 12, 2012. Archived from
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2020–2022)
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
energetic particles, and solar X-rays from lunar orbit. Explorer 35 was similar to the earlier Explorer 33. The spacecraft mass was 104.3 kg (230 lb). The
Explorer_35
Power system for use on spacecraft
Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) Archived 2009-10-24 at the Wayback Machine: The First Exploration of an Extra-Terrestrial Sea Titan Mare Explorer: TiME for
Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator
Advanced_Stirling_radioisotope_generator
Current aircraft operated by Qantas
Pacific Warrior, Pacific Chieftain, Pacific Voyager and Pacific Explorer. 1954 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation – "Southern" theme – Southern Aurora
Qantas_fleet
American pilot (1929–1977)
released in a prisoner swap in 1962. After returning to the US, he worked at Lockheed as a test pilot for the U-2, and later as a helicopter pilot for Los Angeles
Francis_Gary_Powers
American tire company
the Explorer model available in Venezuela. Ford did not specify adding the nylon ply for U.S.-made Firestone tires nor did it change the Explorer suspension
Firestone_(company)
Afterburning turbofan aircraft engine
The Pratt & Whitney F135 is an afterburning turbofan developed for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a single-engine strike fighter. It has two variants;
Pratt_&_Whitney_F135
Country primarily in North America
Prominent American spaceflight contractors include Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX. NASA programs such as the Commercial
United_States
2023 maritime disaster
executive officer of OceanGate; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert; Hamish Harding, a British businessman; Shahzada Dawood
Titan_submersible_implosion
Quantum computing company
exploit quantum effects in their operation. D-Wave's early customers include Lockheed Martin, the University of Southern California, Google/NASA, and Los Alamos
D-Wave_Systems
1980 planned US military operation during the Iranian Hostage Crisis
rescue attempt of the hostages held in Iran. The concept included using a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airlifter modified with the addition of rocket engines to
Operation_Credible_Sport
Military technology to make personnel and material less visible
ambient air (see Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, rectangular nozzles on the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, and serrated nozzle flaps on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning
Stealth_technology
American politician and attorney (born 1976)
investments in weapons manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, oil companies Chevron, ExxonMobil and Halliburton
Dan_Goldman
Sixth-generation strike fighter program
visibility without the aid of a sensor. On 5 March 2025, Reuters reported that Lockheed Martin had been eliminated from the program as its proposed design failed
F/A-XX_program
Pair of spacecraft
exposed water ice on the Moon Cislunar Explorers, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3), University of Colorado Boulder
Cislunar_Explorers
Cancelled supersonic business jet by Aerion Corporation
replaced by Lockheed Martin. Its General Electric Affinity engine was unveiled in October 2018. In February 2019, Boeing replaced Lockheed Martin. Development
Aerion_AS2
NASA-led lunar exploration program
The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin and the European Service Module (ESM) manufactured by Airbus Defence
Artemis_program
United States Navy ship
derives from the sailor, explorer and engineer Joseph Whidbey. Whidbey Island was laid down on 4 August 1981, by the Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington;
USS_Whidbey_Island
American subsidiary of automaker Stellantis
system nearly completely engineered by Chrysler with patents assigned to Lockheed, and rubber engine mounts, called "Floating Power" to reduce vibration
Chrysler
NASA UV space telescope of the Explorer program, operated 2003-2013
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX or Explorer 83 or SMEX-7) was a NASA orbiting space telescope designed to observe the universe in ultraviolet wavelengths
GALEX
1960 investigation into L-188 Electra structural issues
The Lockheed Electra Action Program (LEAP) was the name of a program by Lockheed Corporation between 1960 and 1961 that was responsible for the design
Lockheed Electra Action Program
Lockheed_Electra_Action_Program
Theories on 1937 disappearance of American aviators
Number 1055", an airframe identifier. These would be consistent with a Lockheed Electra 10E, such as that flown by Earhart, although they do not contain
Speculation on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
Speculation_on_the_disappearance_of_Amelia_Earhart_and_Fred_Noonan
Japanese experimental stealth aircraft
the rebuffing of Japanese interest in the prospective procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, the Japanese Government resolved to
Mitsubishi_X-2_Shinshin
Military aircraft for air-to-air combat
35% modernization programs and 65% aircraft purchases, dominated by the Lockheed Martin F-35 with 3,000 deliveries over 20 years. A fighter aircraft is
Fighter_aircraft
American ocean drone company
with Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri, introduced in April 2026. This drone boat can be outfitted for various missions, with space for two Lockheed Mk 70
Saildrone_(company)
Proposed spacecraft lander design
Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) is a proposed design for a lander for Saturn's moon Titan. TiME is a relatively low-cost, outer-planet mission designed to measure
Titan_Mare_Explorer
original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023. "Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Contracts for Next Set of GPS III Satellites". GPS World. February
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2023)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2023)
American scientific organization
Geographic Explorer Home. January 15, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2026. Explorer Since 2021... named as a National Geographic Youth Explorer "Our Explorers".
National_Geographic_Society
Most populous city in California, US
Maritime explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area of southern California for the Spanish Empire in 1542, while on an official military exploring expedition
Los_Angeles
Frigate class being built for the Royal Navy
South Australia. On 8 February 2019, the Canadian government awarded Lockheed Martin Canada a C$185 million contract to design a fleet of up to 15 warships
Type_26_frigate
Collaboration of autonomous and human systems
contracts to five contractor teams led by Anduril, Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for the development of collaborative combat
Manned-unmanned_teaming
Topics referred to by the same term
turboprop airliner built by Lockheed Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner from the 1930s Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior
Electra_(disambiguation)
Exoskeleton
in Orlando Florida at the Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control business unit and the program manager is Jim Ni. Lockheed Martin is currently developing
Human_Universal_Load_Carrier
American aviation pioneer (1897–1937)
to $1,160,000 in 2025) to fund the purchase of a Lockheed Electra 10E airplane. In July 1936, Lockheed Aircraft Company built the airplane, which was fitted
Amelia_Earhart
Lunar lander family for the Artemis program
Moon, under development by a consortium led by Blue Origin and including Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics. Two versions
Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)
American aviator (1902–1974)
from there to Siberia, Japan and China. The flight was carried out with a Lockheed Model 8 Sirius named Tingmissartoq. The route was not available for commercial
Charles_Lindbergh
Little Wing LW-1 Little Wing Roto-Pup Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne Lockheed CL-475 Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel Lockheed XH-51 Manzolini Libellula SKYe SH09
List_of_rotorcraft
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Explorer 49 (also called Radio Astronomy Explorer-2, RAE-B) was a NASA 328 kg (723 lb) satellite launched on 10 June 1973, for long wave radio astronomy
Explorer_49
overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!" After this post, the stock price of Lockheed Martin dropped
Use_of_X_by_Donald_Trump
American reality television series episodes
2012 (2012-05-21) Items appraised include a titanium nosepiece from a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird jet, brought in by the son of an engineer who worked on
List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
US experimental communications satellite
Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) is a nanosatellite of the 6U CubeSat format that will demonstrate long-distance communications while in heliocentric orbit
Earth_Escape_Explorer
American four engine military transport aircraft
1970s. It was designed to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and also fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. The redesigned airlifter
Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
U.S. Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Space.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024. "Lockheed Martin Selected to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft". Media - Lockheed Martin. Retrieved 13 April 2024. "NASA
Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations
Demonstration_Rocket_for_Agile_Cislunar_Operations
American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976)
plan used the special-purpose salvage vessel Glomar Explorer. In the summer of 1974, Glomar Explorer attempted to raise the Soviet vessel. However, during
Howard_Hughes
Appointments made by King Charles III
to Horticulture and to Charity. Paul Nigel Livingston. Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin UK. For services to the Defence Industry. Professor Jane Longmore
2025_Birthday_Honours
LOCKHEED EXPLORER
LOCKHEED EXPLORER
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Norse American Scandinavian
Ever or eternal ruler. Island ruler. Famous bearer: 10th-century Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.
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Greek American
Gift. Also a. Poet John Keats described the moment of discovery when explorers stood 'silent upon...
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Greek American
Gift. Also a. Poet John Keats described the moment of discovery when explorers stood 'silent upon...
Boy/Male
Greek American
Gift. Also a. Poet John Keats described the moment of discovery when explorers stood 'silent upon...
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Muslim
Explorer, Guide, Leader
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English
English : occupational name for a herdsman who had charge of rams, from an agent derivative of Middle English to(u)pe ‘ram’ (of uncertain origin).German (Tüpper) : occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low German duppe, Rhenish düppen ‘pot’. This is predominantly a Rhineland surname.This is the name of a family descended from two brothers, originally from Kassel, Germany. They fled religious persecution in the 16th century, settling in the Netherlands, where a descendant became burgomaster of Rotterdam in 1813. A branch of the family settled in England at Sandwich, Kent, whence another descendant, Thomas Tupper, went to America in 1635, and helped to found Sandwich, MA, in 1637. Benjamin Tupper, born in Stoughton, MA, in 1738 was a colonial legislator and explorer of OH.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Explorer, Guide, Leader
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German Scottish
Rules the people; powerful ruler. Famous Bearers: explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) and...
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English
English : habitational name from Raleigh in Devon, recorded in Domesday Book as Radeleia, from Old English rēad ‘red’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.The English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) was born in Hayes Barton, Devon, into a family of Devon gentry. He was related to most of the West Country’s important families, including that of Sir Francis Drake. His half-brother was the explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert. In 1578 Raleigh was granted a patent to explore and colonize “unknown lands†in America.
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English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Boy/Male
Greek American
Gift. Also a. Poet John Keats described the moment of discovery when explorers stood 'silent upon...
Surname or Lastname
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish : occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker.The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, in about 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen Co., VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.
Boy/Male
Greek American
Gift. Also a. Poet John Keats described the moment of discovery when explorers stood 'silent upon...
Boy/Male
Muslim
Explorer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and West Yorkshire, so named from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other European languages, for example Polish Stanislawski and Greek Anastasiou.The explorer and journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) was born John Rowlands in Denbigh, Wales, but traveled as a cabin boy in 1858 from Liverpool, England, to New Orleans, LA, where he was adopted by a merchant surnamed Stanley. From the late 1860s he worked as a correspondent for the New York Herald, and traveled extensively in Africa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Derbyshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, so named from Old English nÄ“d ‘need’, ‘hardship’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, i.e. a place that provided a poor living.Irish (County Mayo) : English surname adopted as an equivalent of Irish Ó Niadh (see Nee).English explorer James Needham carried the name to the southern Carolina settlement, arriving from Barbados in 1670 as a young man.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in the parish of Halifax, West Yorkshire, so named from an unattested Old English word, scacol ‘tongue of land’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.The British Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was born in Kilkee, Ireland; his father’s Quaker family came from Yorkshire, England.
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Norse
Ever or eternal ruler. Island ruler. Famous bearer: 10th-century Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.
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Muslim
Pioneers, Explorers, Guides
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English
English : patronymic from Setter.
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Muslim
Thankful, Grateful
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
A Person Full of Excellences
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Sacred; Having the Power of Om
Boy/Male
Indian
One who raises intellect, Esteem, One who elevates, Slave of the exalter
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Arabic, Muslim
Narrator of Hadith
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Indian
Newly risen Sun
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Australian, Nigerian
Supreme God
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Tamil
Worship
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Limitless
LOCKHEED EXPLORER
LOCKHEED EXPLORER
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LOCKHEED EXPLORER
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n.
A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
n.
A blockhead; a dunce.
n.
A dull, silent person; a blockhead.
n.
A log; a block; a blockhead.
n.
A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
n.
A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
n.
A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
n.
Peppergrass.
n.
A blockhead; a dolt.
n.
A dunce; a blockhead.
n.
A blockhead.
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A blockhead; a lout.
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A dolt; a blockhead.
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The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
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A lazy person; a blockhead.
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A blockhead; a dolt.
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A fool; a blockhead.
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Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
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A dunce; a blockhead.
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A blockhead.