Gresham
Sir Thomas, 1519?–79, English merchant and financier.
a town in NW Oregon.
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How to use Gresham in a sentence
How fast the crowded omnibuses dash past with their loads of young Greshams and future rulers of Lombard Street!
Old and New London | Walter ThornburyFew places in this part of Surrey are more attractive than this old home of the Greshams.
The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury | Julia CartwrightSoon after that the Greshams went away, and in an hour's time or so, Miss Dunstable was allowed to drag herself to her own bed.
Framley Parsonage | Anthony TrollopeNone of the Greshams must meet Mary Thorne; that was the edict sent about the country; and the edict was well understood.
Doctor Thorne | Anthony TrollopeThe woman took this house, with its gear and garnishings, just as the last of the Greshams had left it when he died.
Local Color | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for Gresham
/ (ˈɡrɛʃəm) /
Sir Thomas. ?1519–79, English financier, who founded the Royal Exchange in London (1568)
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