Stewart
['stjuət]
Definition
(noun.) Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828).
(noun.) United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997).
Edited by Bryan--From WordNet
Examples
- Master Allan Stewart, friend to Captain James Stewart of Cardonall, by means of the Queen's corrupted court, obtained the Abbey of Crossraguel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The manufacture of the Marsh harvester began in earnest at Plano in the fall of 1863 by Stewart and Marsh, twenty-five machines being put out in 1864. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lee, Stewart and Cheatham. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You may have some recollection of the death of Mrs. Stewart, of Lauder, in 1887. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- One other detail of interest was remembered by Jane Stewart, the housemaid. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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