Bartlett

[bahrt-lit]

noun Horticulture.

a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear.

Origin of Bartlett

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

Also called Bartlett pear.

Bartlett

[bahrt-lit]

noun

John,1820–1905, U.S. publisher: compiled Familiar Quotations.

John Russell,1805–86, U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.

Josiah,1729–95, U.S. physician and statesman.

Paul Wayland,1865–1925, U.S. sculptor.

Robert Abram,1875–1946, U.S. arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.

Vernon,1894–1983, English writer.

a town in SW Tennessee.

a town in NE Illinois.

a male given name, form of Bartholomew.

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Contemporary Examples of bartlett

Jackson was an exceptional math and science student; the dreaded Bartlett was one of his favorite professors.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor
S. C. Gwynne
November 29, 2014
Bartlett repeatedly asked if anyone had ever seen the bodies of the “little men” supposedly being put into crates at Roswell.
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Josh Dzieza
May 2, 2013
Now, as to Mr. Bartlett's support for the Lincoln option: this is an absolutely, positively, wildly irresponsible idea.
Obama’s Debt Ceiling ‘Lincoln’ Option
Justin Green
December 3, 2012
Finally, Bartlett addresses the real elephant in the room: much of the conservative opposition to a VAT is ideologically based.
The Case for a VAT
Justin Green
November 29, 2012
Bartlett goes on to note, and I must concur, that the odds of a VAT in the near future are quite slim.
The Case for a VAT
Justin Green
November 29, 2012

Historical Examples of bartlett

With this Bartlett drew his coat sleeve across his mouth and departed.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
"It wasn't very polite," said Mrs. Bartlett with some asperity.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
Bartlett spoke only once, and then to the professor, who sat next to him.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
Bartlett sat there for one moment the picture of baffled rage.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr
I guess Bartlett thinks the book belongs to him by this time.
In the Midst of Alarms
Robert Barr

British Dictionary definitions for bartlett

Bartlett

Bartlett pear

noun

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

Word Origin for Bartlett

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

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