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Maitland

[meyt-luh nd]
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noun
  1. Frederic William,1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
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  • Has Lady Maitland not been in the habit of employing you, then, Geordie?

  • "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.

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    Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for maitland

Maitland1

noun
  1. a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: industrial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 53 470 (2001)
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Maitland2

noun
  1. Frederic William. 1850–1906, English legal historian
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