Gardner
['ɡɑ:dnə]
Definition
(noun.) writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970).
(noun.) United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924).
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Examples
- Gardner patents first Underground Cable Car System. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- General Banks gave him assurances that Vicksburg had been surrendered, and General Gardner surrendered unconditionally on the 9th of July. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Frank Gardner,(*1) of the 7th, was promoted to the 4th in the same orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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