[mer-i-dith] 
| 1. | George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet. |
| 2. | James Howard, born 1933, U.S. civil rights advocate and author. |
| 3. | Owen, pen name of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton. |
| 4. | Also, Mer⋅e⋅dyth. a male or female given name. |
| Mer·e·dith (měr'ĭ-dĭth) British writer of novels, such as The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859), and poetic works, including Modern Love (1862). |
| Meredith, James Howard Born 1933. American civil rights advocate whose registration (1963) at the traditionally segregated University of Mississippi prompted a riot, which was spurred by state officials who defied federal pleas for peaceful integration. |
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