Hartford
['hɑ:tfəd]
Definition
(noun.) the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- Colt died in 1862, but the Civil War had previously opened a great market for his pistols, and before the conflict ended the Colt factory at Hartford was in a highly flourishing state. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Admiral Farragut had run the batteries at Port Hudson with the flagship Hartford and one iron-clad and visited me from below Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Mervin