Sullivan

[ suhl-uh-vuhn ]

noun
  1. Annie Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy, 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.

  2. Sir Arthur (Seymour), 1842–1900, English composer: collaborator with Sir William Gilbert.

  1. Ed(ward Vincent), 1902–74, U.S. journalist and television host.

  2. Harry Stack [stak], /stæk/, 1892–1949, U.S. psychiatrist.

  3. John L(awrence), 1858–1918, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1882–92.

  4. Louis Hen·ri [hen-ree], /ˈhɛn ri/, 1856–1924, U.S. architect.

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Sullivan

/ (ˈsʌlɪvən) /


noun
  1. Sir Arthur (Seymour). 1842–1900, English composer who wrote operettas, such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Mikado (1885), with W. S. Gilbert as librettist

  2. Louis (Henri). 1856–1924, US pioneer of modern architecture: he coined the slogan "form follows function"

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