Maitland

[meyt-luh nd]

noun

Frederic William,1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.

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Contemporary Examples of maitland

Maitland returned from Europe and told her mother about finding Roland.
‘Crossing the Borders of Time:’ A Mother’s Rekindled Love
Sandra McElwaine
May 13, 2012

Historical Examples of maitland

Has Lady Maitland not been in the habit of employing you, then, Geordie?
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI
Various
"We are all in it, for the matter of that," said Maitland, with a quiet laugh.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
Mr. Maitland was to have come over, on the Wednesday following, to dinner.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
Worst of all, it was a career, Maitland said, that led to nothing.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
This Maitland is a great 'Don;' has, apparently, fortune and station.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for maitland

Maitland

noun

a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: industrial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 53 470 (2001)

Maitland

noun

Frederic William. 1850–1906, English legal historian

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