garvey

[ gahr-vee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gar·veys.

a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.

Garvey

[ gahr-vee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Marcus (Mo·zi·ah) [moh-, zahy, -, uh], 1887–1940, Jamaican Black civil rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of Black Americans to Africa.

Garvey

/ ˈɡɑːvɪ /

GarveyMarcus18871940MJamaicanPOLITICS: Black nationalist leader Marcus. 1887–1940, Jamaican Black nationalist leader, active in the US. He founded (1914) the Universal Negro Improvement Association and led the Back-to-Africa movement: gaoled for fraud (1925–27)

Origin of garvey¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; probably from a proper name

Now Kevin Garvey (a taut, tense Justin Theroux) is Mapleton's chief of police.

Picture frames, nicely moulded in brass, were made here in 1825, by a modeller named Maurice Garvey.

He knew that many years before Garvey & Sidebotham had been well known in the Chicago financial world.

The pressure Garvey was bringing to bear upon his old enemy must be exceedingly strong.

It was his intention to change the packets and to let Garvey see him put the sham one into the bag.

But the visitor declined and was already putting on his overcoat when Garvey turned with genuine surprise on his face.

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