Longfellow

[lawng-fel-oh, long-]

noun

Henry Wadsworth

[wodz-werth] /ˈwɒdz wərθ/, 1807–82, U.S. poet.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for longfellow

Contemporary Examples of longfellow

The story of how he inadvertently made a Champagne-style wine that even wowed Europe and inspired a poem by Longfellow.
America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842
Jordan Salcito
November 23, 2013
Longfellow, author of the poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” about an Indian hero, likely met Isaac Pharaoh there.
The House that Slavery Built
Jane Ciabattari
July 16, 2013
I have seen tougher fights at the Longfellow Middle School PTA.
Paul Begala: Mitt Romney’s Competition Folds in New Hampshire Debate
Paul Begala
January 8, 2012
He is to America what Paul Revere was to the Brits—without the horsemanship, the lanterns, and the Longfellow.
10 Truths About the British Vote
Tunku Varadarajan
May 5, 2010

Historical Examples of longfellow

Then, Harriett thought, she could get back to her mother and Longfellow.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
May Sinclair
Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor has revealed their temporary settlement.
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1.
Various
Of our living poets, Longfellow has been most liberally paid.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
I heard her reciting Longfellow's Excelsior; and such reading, and such gestures!
The Universal Reciter
Various
Longfellow had called upon him whilst he was painting the Dante's Dream.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
T. Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for longfellow

Longfellow

noun

Henry Wadsworth. 1807–82, US poet, noted particularly for his long narrative poems Evangeline (1847) and The Song of Hiawatha (1855)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012