Gresham

[ gresh-uhm ]

noun
  1. Sir Thomas, 1519?–79, English merchant and financier.

  2. a town in NW Oregon.

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How to use Gresham in a sentence

  • On the other hand, Sir Simon Gresham shakes his head over it.

    Mary Gray | Katharine Tynan
  • A man might have done worse, because Miss Gresham was a very nice girl; but of course the Major was all wrong about the money.

    The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope
  • Mr. Gresham was in the town that day, though not till after the occurrence, and Fletcher could not avoid speaking of it.

    The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope
  • But that had been twenty years ago, and Mr. Gresham's opinions had been matured and, perhaps, corrected by age.

    The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for Gresham

Gresham

/ (ˈɡrɛʃəm) /


noun
  1. Sir Thomas. ?1519–79, English financier, who founded the Royal Exchange in London (1568)

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