Gibbon
['gɪb(ə)n] or ['ɡɪbən]
Definition
(noun.) smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies.
(noun.) English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794).
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Definition
(n.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hylobate, long-armed ape.
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Definition
n. a genus of tailless anthropoid apes with very long arms natives of the East Indies.
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Examples
- This awful revolution, wrote Gibbon of the Western collapse, may be usefully applied to the useful instruction of the present age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibbon, because of his anti-Christian animus, is hostile to Constantine; but he admits that he was temperate and chaste. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Carroll, of Gibbon's division, moved at a double quick with his brigade and drove back the enemy, inflicting great loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mott followed Birney, and Gibbon was held in reserve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Gibbon commanded Hancock's left, and was ordered to attack, but was not able to accomplish much. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Gibbon,[295] however, is of opinion that there was a valid marriage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, as Gibbon points out, our information as to its severity is of very doubtful value. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibbon couples the Justinian epidemic with the great comet of 531, and with the very frequent and serious earthquakes of that reign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Haroun-al-Raschid, says Gibbon, sent Charlemagne by his ambassadors a splendid tent, a water clock, an elephant, and the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibbon was not so fortunate in his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To Gibbon he must go for a derisive statement of these controversies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibbon was placed to the right of Warren, and Birney in his rear as a reserve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Gibbon's account of the manners and morals of John XII takes refuge at last beneath a veil of Latin footnotes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have quoted again and again in this history from Gibbon's _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They destroyed, Gibbon notes, the monastery of St. Gall in Switzerland, and the town of Bremen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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