Whitefield

American

[hwit-feeld, wit-] / ˈʰwɪtˌfild, ˈwɪt- /

noun

George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.

Whitefield British

/ ˈwɪtˌfiːld /

noun

George. 1714–70, English Methodist preacher, who separated from the Wesleys (?1741) because of his Calvinistic views

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Mr. Sutton discusses all four, Whitefield extensively, but draws no line between them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Thomas Perry’s tough-minded heroine Jane Whitefield has been the center of nine previous works of suspense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Alan Rubins, from Whitefield, said he "dropped everything" when he heard about the King's visit to join the crowd.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

One victim was listed in Lenoir County, Lazarus Rouse on August 1, 1916, and one, Jerome Whitefield, on August 14, 1921, in Jones County.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

But of the Wesleys and Whitefield at Oxford, and subsequently of Fletcher, it might be said that they were "touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless."

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.

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