Rutherford: Meaning and Definition of

Ruth•er•ford

1. 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
2. (1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson), 1871–1937, English physicist, born in New Zealand: Nobel prize for chemistry 1908.
3. (Johnny), born 1938, U.S. racing-car driver.
4. 1869–1942, U.S. leader of Jehovah's Witnesses.
5. 1892–1972, British actress.
6. a city in NE New Jersey. 19,068.