Whitman

American  

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

noun

1. Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.

2. Walt(er), 1819–92, U.S. poet.

3. a city in SE Massachusetts.

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Whitman British  

/ ˈwɪtmən /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Indian Wells Mayor Bruce Whitman said Calvert was instrumental in directing millions of dollars to a wash project that will help development.

From Los Angeles Times

The American poet and novelist Walt Whitman once wrote, “I contain multitudes.”

From Salon

For a few brief years in his life, after hearing this passage of Whitman’s poem in class, Chuck allowed himself to feel wonderful, until a horrifying discovery set him on a different path.

From Salon

It has broken the 70-year-old record for the most consecutive weeks at number one by a US artist - surpassing Slim Whitman's Rose Marie, which spent 11 weeks at the top in 1955.

From BBC

Whitman says current EPA employees are “dispirited and frustrated.”

From Salon