Putnam

[puht-nuhm]

noun

1. Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.

2. Israel, 1718–90, American Revolutionary general.

3. Rufus, 1738–1824, American Revolutionary officer: engineer and colonizer in Ohio.

Putnam

/ ˈpʌtnəm /

noun

1. Israel. 1718–90, American general in the War of Independence

2. his cousin Rufus. 1738–1824, American soldier in the War of Independence; surveyor general of the US (1796–1803)

Example Sentences

Political scientist Robert Putnam spent decades documenting America’s declining social capital — how people stopped joining clubs, attending church, even bowling in leagues — in his seminal book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.”

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Mark Legan, a livestock corn and soybean farmer in Putnam County, Indiana, called the expected government money a "band-aid" that would not address falling crop prices and rising costs for equipment, land and labour.

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From the mad sprite Ed Grimley to Oliver Putnam, the flamboyant, forever failing Broadway director he plays in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” — for which he’s nominated for an Emmy — Martin Short has a gift for playing colorful characters who take up a lot of space.

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Her portrait of Putnam is equally magnetic.

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The affianced Earhart and the married George Palmer Putnam met in his Manhattan office in the spring of 1928.

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