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Beecher
[ bee-cher ]
noun
- Catharine Esther, 1800–78, U.S. educator: advocated educational rights for women.
- Edward, 1803–95, U.S. clergyman, educator, and abolitionist.
- Henry Ward, 1813–87, U.S. preacher and writer.
- Lyman, 1775–1863, U.S. preacher and theologian (father of Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher).
Beecher
/ ˈbiːtʃə /
noun
- BeecherHenry Ward18131887MUSRELIGION: clergymanPOLITICS: abolitionist Henry Ward . 1813–87, US clergyman: a leader in the movement for the abolition of slavery
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Harriet Beecher Stowe was present, and others of that eminent family.
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After services Mr. Beecher invited him to return home with him for a quiet talk.
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The wedding-service was about seven o'clock, for Mr. Beecher had a meeting at the church soon after that hour.
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No, we could not, with Ward Beecher, "bless the man who discovered the immortal berry."
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Together they attended one of the sessions, on a day when Beecher himself was on the witness-stand.
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