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Whitefield

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

noun

  1. George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.


Whitefield British  
/ ˈwɪtˌfiːld /

noun

  1. 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

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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

Officers spotted the eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, in Whitefield, Bury, and stopped the driver on Thursday night.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

If John Wesley was the great leader and organiser, Charles Wesley the great poet, and George Whitefield the great preacher of Methodism, the highest type of saintliness which it produced was unquestionably John Fletcher.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.

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