Bartlett

¹

[ bahrt-lit ]

noun

, Horticulture.

1. a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear.

Bartlett

²

[ 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 southwestern Tennessee.
8. a town in northeastern Illinois.
9. a male given name, form of Bartholomew.

Bartlett

/ ˈbɑːtlɪt /

noun

1. the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bartlett¹

1825–35, Americanism; so named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Mass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bartlett¹

named after Enoch Bartlett (1779–1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US

Example Sentences

Jackson was an exceptional math and science student; the dreaded Bartlett was one of his favorite professors.

From The Daily Beast

OK, for good measure I asked a non-liberal, the policy expert Bruce Bartlett.

From The Daily Beast

So (co-stars) Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, and I got to hang out and explore the city before we shot there.

From The Daily Beast

Barro, a young Bloomberg View columnist, is (it seems to me) more than halfway down the Frum-Bartlett path.

From The Daily Beast

Josh Barro is sometimes included, as are David Frum and Bruce Bartlett.

From The Daily Beast

His son, Steven James Bartlett, has published fifteen books and many papers in philosophy and psychology.

From Project Gutenberg

Madam Bartlett should have been born in the seventeenth century.

From Project Gutenberg

That first meal with the Misses Bartlett was an ordeal he never forgot.

From Project Gutenberg

She held it up, kept it together, maintained the proud old Bartlett tradition.

From Project Gutenberg

But it remained for Madam Bartlett to render him the service of which he was most in need.

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