Choate

[ choht ]

/ tʃoʊt /

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noun

Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.

Rufus, 1799–1859, U.S. lawyer, orator, and statesman.

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So we have a graduate of Choate or Beverly Hills High who attends Wharton, and goes to work for, say, Goldman Sachs.
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One of my favorite teachers at Choate, Mr. Yankus, had a similar warning against using the verb “to be” in any essay.
Anthony Grafton: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But embarrassed administrators at Choate have been in lockdown on disclosing details.
The Prep School Facebook Scandal|Lynnley Browning|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Don't generalize all Choate students to be in the same category as those girls.
The Prep School Facebook Scandal|Lynnley Browning|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Th' Hon'orable Joe Choate moved that in future wars no military band shud be considered complete without a base-dhrum.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Clemens and Choate joined forces again, a few weeks later, at a great public meeting assembled in aid of the adult blind.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Choate and Depew and Stedman were in their prime then—we were all young men together.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
I do not know whether Mr. Choate took the second piece of advice or not; the first was quite unnecessary.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
He was sixty-three when he gave Choate the description which the latter made famous in his "Eulogy of Webster."
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge