Prosser

[ pros-er ]

noun

1. Gabriel, 1776–1800, African American who led an uprising of enslaved Black people in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800.

Example Sentences

Senior Blair advisers, such as the Downing Street strategists Ben Wegg-Prosser and Tim Allan, became personal friends.

From The Daily Beast

The name of James Prosser, among the merchants of Philadelphia, is inseparable with their daily hours of recreation, and pleasure.

From Project Gutenberg

James Prosser, Sen., of Philadelphia, has long been the popular proprietor of a fashionable restaurant in the city.

From Project Gutenberg

The catch of salmon at Top-tut, now known as Prosser, on the Yakima river this year was unusually heavy.

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It will be so much nicer than reading prayers with Miss Prosser in that dreadful school-room.

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Miss Prosser again glanced uneasily at her little charge; but this time she did not speak.

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