Neil Armstrong
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- proper noun
- /niːl ˈɑːrmstrɒŋ/
- Is there any legal importance to what we'll be watching when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the lunar surface?
- Neil Armstrong the astronaut
- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
- Neil Armstrong on the Moon
Examples
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Just think of it as, uh, Neil Armstrong said, the first words as man stepped foot on the moon, "A small step for man, a giant leap for mankind."
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And Neil Armstrong to set...
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I always respected Neil Armstrong highly.
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Can't think of a negative thing about Neil Armstrong.
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Neil Armstrong has been on the lunar surface now almost 45 minutes.
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Coming up shortly will be another key test in which both the, uh, launch crew for the... the launch vehicle crew and the spacecraft team, uh, combine together with the commander, Neil Armstrong, to make a thorough check of the Emergency Detection System.
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You know, Neil Armstrong was born in 1930, Buzz Aldrin was born in 1930, Mike Collins was born in 1930.
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In a matter of, uh, five minutes or so, we'll be ready for the spacecraft commander, Neil Armstrong, to come across the sill at the 320-foot level.
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These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery, but they also know that there is hope for Mankind In their sacrifice."
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Neil + Armstrong
This is a proper name referring to a specific individual; the biographical meaning ('first person to walk on the Moon, American astronaut') cannot be derived from the constituents 'Neil' and 'Armstrong', which are personal name elements rather than semantically compositional words. Personal names are arbitrary and language-specific, so a B1 learner who only knows the name parts would not infer the MWE's referent or meaning.
Etymology
Neil Armstrong belongs to the American astronaut who was the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The image of him stepping down in a spacesuit and his famous words 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' make his name stand for 'being the first' or 'a pioneer'.