graham

[ grey-uh m, gram ]

/ ˈgreɪ əm, græm /

adjective

made of graham flour.

Nearby words

graft-versus-host disease, graftage, grafting, grafton, grager, graham, graham cracker, graham flour, graham island, graham land, graham steell's murmur

Origin of graham

First recorded in 1825–35

Definition for graham (2 of 2)

Graham

[ grey-uh m, gram ]

/ ˈgreɪ əm, græm /

noun

Katharine Meyer,1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.

Martha,1894–1991, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

Thomas,1805–69, Scottish chemist.

William FranklinBilly, born 1918, U.S. evangelist.

a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “gray home.”

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Examples from the Web for graham

The Graham report goes on to address the situation more than three centuries later.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cop shot and killed Graham, later saying the teen had reached for his waistband.
‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture|Michael Daly|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Planned search efforts for Graham have been called off, and Albemarle County Police have taken charge of the investigation.
On U.VA Campus, Grief Mixes With Relief After Discovery of Body|Eric Leimkuhler|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the weeks following her disappearance, hopes of finding Graham were kept alive.
On U.VA Campus, Grief Mixes With Relief After Discovery of Body|Eric Leimkuhler|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hundreds of civilian volunteers were recruited and trained, scouring communities for any evidence of Graham.
On U.VA Campus, Grief Mixes With Relief After Discovery of Body|Eric Leimkuhler|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And now that Graham and Nolan were here to aid, this defect was noticed at once.
To The Front|Charles King
What took place at the interview between Gabriel and his father, Dr Graham never knew; and indeed never sought to know.
The Bishop's Secret|Fergus Hume
Graham rose to his feet instinctively, and for a moment the two men stood in silence, regarding each other.
When the Sleeper Wakes|Herbert George Wells
There, pale and exhausted and entirely out of spirits, Graham turned quickly on his brother.
The Sins of the Children|Cosmo Hamilton
He closed Graham's unwilling fingers over the money and skipped away.
The Fortune Hunter|Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for graham (1 of 2)

graham

/ (ˈɡreɪəm) /

noun

(modifier) mainly US and Canadian made of graham flourgraham crackers

Word Origin for graham

C19: named after S. Graham (1794–1851), American dietetic reformer

British Dictionary definitions for graham (2 of 2)

Graham

/ (ˈɡreɪəm) /

noun

Martha. 1893–1991, US dancer and choreographer

Thomas. 1805–69, British physicist: proposed Graham's law (1831) of gaseous diffusion and coined the terms osmosis, crystalloids, and colloids

William Franklin, known as Billy Graham. born 1918, US evangelist

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