Pinckney

[pingk-nee]

noun

1. Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.

2. Charles Cotesworth 1746–1825, and his brother Thomas, 1750–1828, American patriots and statesmen.

Pinckney

/ ˈpɪŋknɪ /

noun

1. Charles. 1757–1824, US statesman, who was a leading member of the convention that framed the US Constitution (1787)

2. his cousin, Charles Cotesworth. 1746–1825, US soldier, statesman, and diplomat, who also served at the Constitutional Convention

3. his brother, Thomas. 1750–1828, US soldier and politician. He was US minister to Britain (1792–96) and special envoy to Spain (1795–96)

Example Sentences

Ritter monitored the fallout from Doe’s death from New York, according to FBI Special Agent Clay Trippi, citing Facebook messages between Ritter and a friend from Allendale, Xavier Pinckney.

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On Aug. 11, Pinckney told Ritter nobody was “really talking,” which Trippi said he took as a reference to scant cooperation with police.

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But by Aug. 14, Pinckney was warning Ritter to stay away from Allendale because he’d been visited by state police.

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They also charged Pinckney with obstructing justice, saying he provided false and misleading statements.

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Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, one of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, said, “If slavery be wrong, it is justified by the example of the world.... In all ages one half of mankind have been slaves.”

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