Brill

a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
A(braham) A(rden) 1874–1948, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Austria.
William Stewart (“Brill”) 1852–1922, U.S. surgeon and educator.
Contemporary Examples

The Practical Case Against Medicare for All David Frum February 25, 2013
Church of England Gets Female Bishops and a Conservative Backlash Nico Hines July 13, 2014
The Practical Case Against Medicare for All David Frum February 25, 2013
The Fight to Fix America’s Schools Nick Summers August 25, 2011
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore James Joiner January 6, 2015

Historical Examples

Mavericks William MacLeod Raine
The Rover Boys in the Air Edward Stratemeyer
The Rover Boys in Business Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys in the Air Edward Stratemeyer
Ghetto Tragedies Israel Zangwill

noun (pl) brill, brills
a European food fish, Scophthalmus rhombus, a flatfish similar to the turbot but lacking tubercles on the body: family Bothidae
adjective
(Brit, slang) excellent or wonderful
n.
Halsted
(hôl’stěd’)
American surgeon who discovered the technique of local anesthesia by injecting cocaine into specific nerves in 1885. He administered what is believed to be the first blood transfusion in the United States in 1881. Halsted also developed new surgical techniques for treating cancers and other abnormalities and introduced the use of rubber gloves during surgery.