Whitman

American

[hwit-muhn, wit-] / ˈʰwɪt mən, ˈwɪt- /

noun

Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.
Walt(er), 1819–92, U.S. poet.
a city in SE Massachusetts.

Whitman British

/ ˈwɪtmən /

noun

Walt ( er ). 1819–92, US poet, whose life's work is collected in Leaves of Grass (1855 and subsequent enlarged editions). His poems celebrate existence and the multiple elements that make up a democratic society

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Like my colleague, former Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez, I never trusted then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman when she proclaimed the air in lower Manhattan was “safe to breathe.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Christine Todd Whitman, the head of the EPA at the time, later apologised for this declaration, saying the agency "did the very best we could at the time with the knowledge we had".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The genius appeared: Whitman published “Leaves of Grass” 13 years later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Walt Whitman, who wrote this entire country into being in the first person, and signed his love letters to another man with a kiss.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

When I duck into the classroom, Kumu Whitman is writing on the whiteboard.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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