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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Other Word Forms

Whitefieldian noun
Whitefieldite noun

Example Sentences

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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

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

Maria said footage of her son in the Whitefield calming rooms was the "most degrading, dehumanising and undignified video" she had ever seen.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

Meanwhile, local MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the Whitefield School footage “must lead to profound change” and described it as “jaw-dropping”.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

In 1740, under the leadership of Whitefield, a small body of Moravians who had recently migrated to Georgia settled on the Forks of the Delaware.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

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