Baskerville

[ bas-ker-vil ]

/ ˈbæs kərˌvɪl /

noun

John,1706–75, English typographer and manufacturer of lacquered ware.

a style of type.

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Examples from the Web for baskerville

I never saw a boat better handled in my life—and you, Mr. Baskerville, did your part well.
The Rock of the Lion|Molly Elliot Seawell
Anne and Baskerville talked about the dinner, as they walked along the sunny, quiet street.
Mrs. Darrell|Foxcroft Davis
If you ask, what fortune Baskerville ought to have been rewarded with?
An History of Birmingham (1783)|William Hutton
Her ladyship kept a diary, and in it she describes Mr. Baskerville's house (Easy Row) as "a pretty place out of the town."
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

Anne turned her soft, expressive eyes—her only real beauty—on Baskerville with a look of gratitude in them.
Mrs. Darrell|Foxcroft Davis

British Dictionary definitions for baskerville

Baskerville

/ (ˈbæskəˌvɪl) /

noun

a style of type

Word Origin for Baskerville

C18: named after John Baskerville (1706–1775), English printer

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