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Whitaker

[ hwit-uh-ker, wit- ]

noun

  1. a male given name.


Whitaker

/ ˈwɪtəkə /

noun

  1. WhitakerSir Frederick18121891MNew ZealandEnglishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sir Frederick. 1812–91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1863–64; 1882–83)
  2. WhitakerForrest1961MUSFILMS AND TV: actorFILMS AND TV: director Forrest (Steven) , born 1961, US actor and film director; his films include (as actor) Ghost Dog (1999) and The Last King of Scotland (2006); (as director) Waiting to Exhale (1995)


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Example Sentences

Whitaker also had Obama partly to thank for his job with the DPH.

Whitaker is not only a close friend of the president and the first lady but of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, as well.

In a 2008 interview, Obama left unclear whether he, then a state senator, contacted Rezko or Rezko contacted him about Whitaker.

Buzzfeed posted a story noting that it had requested an interview with Whitaker and that he had declined.

The Daily Beast posted an interview with Whitaker that I had conducted a little more than a week earlier.

Sir George is an expert at least, he knows these races: he is not a small employ with an ink-pot and a Whitaker.

It was not poor Dick Whitaker disputed your honourable commands, but only that second draught of double ale.

Whitaker, apprised of the necessity of the case, asked if he should not warn Sir Jasper Cranbourne.

In the rear came Whitaker, with Lance Outram, as men of especial trust, to whom the covering the retreat was confided.

So saying, he advanced upon Whitaker and his armed assistants, with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

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