Tyler
['tailə]
Definition
(noun.) a town in northeast Texas.
(noun.) elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862).
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Definition
(n.) See 2d Tiler.
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Definition
=Tiler (q.v.).
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Examples
- Having while in Tyler's office heard them arguing on the immortality of the soul, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tyler had come up from Fredericksburg, and had been halted on the road to the right of our line, near Kitching's brigade of Warren's corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tyler received the attack with his raw troops, and they maintained their position, until reinforced, in a manner worthy of veterans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Prentice, then editor of the Courier-Journal, and Mr. Tyler, of the Associated Press. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sir Leicester generally refers back in his mind to Wat Tyler and arranges a sequence of events on a plan of his own. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After the paper had gone to press, Prentice would generally come over to Tyler's office and start talking. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tyler took it sans food. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lady of the house, a Mrs. Tyler, and an elderly lady, were present. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tyler was a graduate of Harvard, and had a very clear enunciation, and, in sharp contrast to Prentice, he was a large man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One thing I never could comprehend was that Tyler had a sideboard with liquors and generally crackers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It reached President Tyler on the 1st of March, 1845, and promptly received his approval. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Birney was thrown to Tyler's right and Crawford to his left, with Gibbon as a reserve; and Ewell was whirled back speedily and with heavy loss. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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