- a native or inhabitant of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
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Flem•ing
(flem′ing),USA pronunciation n.
Flem•ing (flem′ing),USA pronunciation n.
- Language Varieties, Biographicala native of Flanders.
- Biographicala Flemish-speaking Belgian.
- Old Frisian
- Middle Dutch Vlaeminc, equivalent. to Vlaem- (see Flemish) + -ing -ing3; late Old English Flæming perh.
- Middle English 1350–1400
Flem•ing (flem′ing),USA pronunciation n.
- Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928;
Nobel prize for medicine 1945. - Ian (Lancaster), 1908–64, British writer of suspense novels.
- Biographical Peggy (Gale), born 1948, U.S. figure skater.
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Fleming /ˈflɛmɪŋ/ n
Fleming /ˈflɛmɪŋ/ n
- Sir Alexander. 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist: discovered lysozyme (1922) and penicillin (1928): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1945
- Ian (Lancaster). 1908–64, English author of spy novels; creator of the secret agent James Bond
- Sir John Ambrose. 1849–1945, English electrical engineer: invented the thermionic valve (1904)
- Renée. born 1959, US operatic soprano and songwriter
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