Tilden

American  

[til-duhn] / ˈtɪl dən /

noun

1. Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.

2. William Tatem, Jr. 1893–1953, U.S. tennis player.

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Tilden British  

/ ˈtɪldən /

noun

1. Bill, full name William Tatem Tilden, known as Big Bill. 1893–1953, US tennis player: won the US singles championship (1920–25, 1929) and the British singles championship (1920–21, 1930)

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Example Sentences

That’s according to Vanessa Royle and Mariah Hilton Wood, co-founders of Tilden, a social, non-alcoholic beverage company.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

The B’Nai B’rith lodge was designed by the famed Jewish architect Samuel Tilden Norton, who also designed the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Tilden Pierce of Plymouth, Mass., credited his diet of “Johnny cake and fat pork,” she wrote; he also thought bathing too frequently caused weakness.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024

One involved Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, who won in 1876 even though the electoral vote was virtually tied and Samuel Tilden easily won the popular vote.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

It had blazed when he’d first seen Leo Tilden, but it was gone now.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon