josiah bartlett

Bart·lett

[bahrt-lit]
noun
1.
John, 1820–1905, U.S. publisher: compiled Familiar Quotations.
2.
John Russell, 1805–86, U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.
3.
Josiah, 1729–95, U.S. physician and statesman.
4.
Paul Wayland, 1865–1925, U.S. sculptor.
5.
Robert Abram, 1875–1946, U.S. arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.
6.
Vernon, 1894–1983, English writer.
7.
a town in SW Tennessee.
8.
a town in NE Illinois.
9.
a male given name, form of Bartholomew.
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Bartlett or Bartlett pear (ˈbɑːtlɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
 
[named after Enoch Bartlett (1779--1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US]
 
Bartlett pear or Bartlett pear
 
n
 
[named after Enoch Bartlett (1779--1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US]

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