Beecher
[bi:tʃә]
Definition
(noun.) United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887).
Editor: Monica--From WordNet
Examples
- Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But now your thoughts went back to Beecher, and you looked hard across as if you were studying the character in his features. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You were recalling the incidents of Beecher's career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You felt so strongly about it that I knew you could not think of Beecher without thinking of that also. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Reverend Henry Ward Beecher was to have accompanied the expedition, but urgent duties obliged him to give up the idea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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