Taylor

[ tey-ler ]

noun
  1. A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale), 1906–90, English historian.

  2. Bay·ard [bahy-erd, bey-], /ˈbaɪ ərd, ˈbeɪ-/, James Bayard, 1825–78, U.S. poet, novelist, and travel writer.

  1. Brook, 1685–1731, English mathematician.

  2. Cecil (Percival), 1929–2018, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.

  3. Charles Ghankay, born 1948, Liberian guerrilla leader and politician: president 1997–2003.

  4. David Watson, 1864–1940, U.S. naval architect.

  5. Edward, 1644?–1729, American physician, clergyman, and poet; born in England.

  6. Edward Thompson "Father Taylor", 1793–1871, U.S. Methodist clergyman.

  7. Elizabeth, 1932–2011, U.S. actress, born in England to American parents.

  8. Frederick Winslow, 1856–1915, U.S. industrial engineer.

  9. Jeremy, 1613–67, English prelate and theological writer.

  10. John W., 1784–1854, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1820–21, 1825–27.

  11. (Joseph) Deems, 1885–1966, U.S. composer, music critic, and author.

  12. Joseph Hooton, Jr. born 1941, U.S. astrophysicist: Nobel Prize 1993.

  13. Maxwell (Davenport), 1901–87, U.S. army general and diplomat: chief of staff 1955–59; chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962–64.

  14. Myron Charles, 1874–1959, U.S. lawyer, industrialist, and diplomat.

  15. Paul (Bel·ville) [bel-vil], /ˈbɛl vɪl/, 1930–2018, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

  16. Peter (Hills·man) [hilz-muhn], /ˈhɪlz mən/, 1917–94, U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.

  17. Robert Lewis, 1912–1998, U.S. biographer, humorist, and newspaperman.

  18. Tom, 1817–80, English playwright and editor.

  19. Zachary "Old Rough and Ready", 1784–1850, 12th president of the U.S. 1849–50: major general during the Mexican War and commander of the army of the Rio Grande 1846.

  20. a city in southeastern Michigan.

  21. a town in central Texas.

  22. a male or female given name.

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How to use Taylor in a sentence

  • After these offences of self-will and vanity Tom Taylor finds us some other little thing—I think it is inaccuracy.

    Ceres' Runaway | Alice Meynell
  • Mr. Walter Greaves, who sometimes showed the studio, remembers doing the honours for Tom Taylor.

    The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Du Maurier told me how highly Tom Taylor had spoken to him of the picture.

    An Autobiography | Elizabeth Butler
  • Its aboot the father, lad; its aboot Tom Taylor, an how he cam to his death.

    The Blind Brother | Homer Greene
  • Tom Taylor belonged to both the world of law and the world of letters.

    The English Stage | Augustin Filon

British Dictionary definitions for Taylor

Taylor

/ (ˈteɪlə) /


noun
  1. A (lan) J (ohn) P (ercivale). 1906–90, British historian whose many works include The Origins of the Second World War (1961)

  2. Brook. 1685–1731, English mathematician, who laid the foundations of differential calculus

  1. Dame Elizabeth. 1932–2011, US film actress, born in England: films include National Velvet (1944), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), and Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), for both of which she won Oscars

  2. Frederick Winslow. 1856–1915, US engineer, who pioneered the use of time and motion studies to increase efficiency in industry

  3. Jeremy. 1613–67, English cleric, best known for his devotional manuals Holy Living (1650) and Holy Dying (1651)

  4. Zachary. 1784–1850, 12th president of the US (1849–50); hero of the Mexican War

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