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Abbott

[ ab-uht ]

noun

  1. Berenice, 1898–1991, U.S. photographer.
  2. Edith, 1876–1957, and her sister Grace, 1878–1939, U.S. social reformers.
  3. Ed·ville Ger·hardt [ed, -vil , gair, -hahrt], 1871–1938, U.S. orthopedist.
  4. George, 1887–1995, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.
  5. Jacob, 1803–79, and his son, Lyman, 1835–1922, U.S. clergymen and writers.
  6. Sir John Joseph Caldwell, 1821–93, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1891–92.
  7. Robert Seng·stake [seng, -stak], 1868–1940, U.S. newspaper publisher.
  8. William Bud, 1898–1974, U.S. actor, producer, and comedian, best known as the straight man of Abbott and Costello.


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Example Sentences

This month a judge intervened and granted a 30-day temporary stay on police action against Abbott.

The governor-elect, Attorney General Greg Abbott, accepted more than $6.8 million.

After a dozen years of serving as Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott prides himself on knowing the law.

However, Abbott is not about to let cold hard facts get in the way of a little politically motivated demagoguery.

Abbott took advantage of that opening and pulled down a hefty share of the Hispanic vote.

Major Abbott and his brother officers, trying to keep their men loyal, stood fast and listened to the distant turmoil in the city.

We know of no books that are so eagerly sought for by good boys and girls as Mr. Abbott's new series of "Rollo Books."

If Governor Abbott did not stand for anarchy, it was only because, for the moment, anarchy was not the demand of his party.

With this vast lightening of spirit came, not only gratitude, but a sense of lenity toward Governor Abbott.

When those lips should speak, as speak they would, their words would be the annihilation of Elijah Abbott and of all his kind!

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