Clinton
['klintən]
Definition
(noun.) a town in east central Iowa.
(noun.) United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828).
(noun.) 42nd President of the United States (1946-).
(noun.) wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-).
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Examples
- I naturally expected that Pemberton would endeavor to obey the orders of his superior, which I have shown were to attack us at Clinton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hovey's division of his corps had the advance on a third road (the Clinton) still farther north. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I rode in person out to Clinton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was still back at Clinton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- McPherson reached Clinton with the advance early on the 13th and immediately set to work destroying the railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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