Stevenson

[ stee-vuh n-suh n ]

/ ˈsti vən sən /

noun

Ad·lai Ew·ing

[ad-ley yoo-ing] /ˈæd leɪ ˈyu ɪŋ/, 1835–1914, vice president of the U.S. 1893–97.

his grandson, Adlai E(wing), 1900–65, U.S. statesman and diplomat: ambassador to the U.N. 1960–65.

Andrew,1784–1857, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1827–34.

Robert LouisRobert Lewis Balfour, 1850–94, Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet.

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Examples from the Web for stevenson

Stevenson was struck by how information sometimes gradually came into focus for people.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such numbers, Stevenson said, should be enough to move the governor.
Chris Christie’s Gays & Guns Problem: What New Jersey Wants, the GOP Rejects|David Freedlander|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Later, Cal is older because Stevenson has been ditched for Kafka and Camus.
Must Read Novels: Ballard, Dybek, and Krasznahorkai|Jacob Silverman, Malcolm Forbes, John McIntyre|April 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“To say to any child of 13 that you are only fit to die in prison is cruel,” Stevenson has said.
Ex-Prisoners Say Life Term Is Cruel for Teens, As Case Hits High Court|Sandra McElwaine|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

His main pitch was that Stevenson was too left and too weak to manage the Cold War.
We Need Liberals Now!|Leslie H. Gelb|October 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Here the oldest Rover boy spent quite some time concocting the proper message, which he sent to the Stevenson home address.
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island|Edward Stratemeyer
They left the telegraph road at the junction of the Stevenson and Alberga creeks on the 4th of August, 1873.
The Australian Explorers|George Grimm
I should call it a piece of imaginative literature worthy of Stevenson….
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899|Various
"I must try to describe the vessel that is to be our home for so long," Mrs. Stevenson, senior, wrote to her sister at Colinton.
The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls|Jacqueline M. Overton
Even so, however, it was not at once that Stevenson took to fiction.
The English Novel|George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for stevenson

Stevenson

/ (ˈstiːvənsən) /

noun

Adlai Ewing (ˈædleɪ ˈjuːɪŋ). 1900–68, US statesman: twice defeated as Democratic presidential candidate (1952; 1956); US delegate at the United Nations (1961–65)

Robert Louis (Balfour). 1850–94, Scottish writer: his novels include Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889)

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