Artemus Ward - 5 dictionary results
Browne
[broun] 
–noun
| 1. | Charles Far⋅rer
[far-er] , (“Artemus Ward” ), 1834–67, U.S. humorist. |
| 2. | Sir Thomas, 1605–82, English physician and author. |
Ward
[wawrd] –noun
| 1. | (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer. |
| 2. | Ar⋅te⋅mas
[ahr-tuh-muhs] , 1727–1800, American general in the American Revolution. |
| 3. | Ar⋅te⋅mus
[ahr-tuh-muhs] , (Charles Farrar Browne), 1834–67, U.S. humorist. |
| 4. | Barbara (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), 1914–81, English economist and author. |
| 5. | Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold), 1851–1920, English novelist, born in Tasmania. |
| 6. | Sir Joseph George, 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman, born in Australia: Prime Minister 1906–12, 1928–30. |
| 7. | Lester Frank, 1841–1913, U.S. sociologist. |
| 8. | Nathaniel (“Theodore de la Guard”), 1578?–1652, English clergyman, lawyer, and author in America. |
| 9. | a male given name. |
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| Ward 1, Artemus 1727-1800.
American Revolutionary general who directed Massachusetts troops in the siege of Boston, until George Washington relieved him of the command and drove the British from the city (1776). |
| Ward 2, Artemus
See Charles Farrar Browne. |
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| artemus ward | |
noun | |
| United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867) [syn: Browne] |
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