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[ hwit-ee-er, wit- ] / ˈʰwɪt i ər, ˈwɪt- /
nounJohn Green·leaf [green-leef], /ˈgrinˌlif/, 1807–92, U.S. poet. a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles. Words nearby WhittierWhitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide, Whittaker, whitter, Whittier, Whittington, whittle, whittling, whittlings, whittret Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for WhittierSomething can happen in Whittier this morning and by the afternoon the brothers in Pelican Bay know all about it. The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST For a more scenic journey, travel by ferry from Whittier or Valdez. America’s Best Summer Food Festivals|Lonely Planet|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chasen did not surrender her purse, jewelry, money, or car, but lurched leftward onto Whittier, where she crashed into a lamppost. Chasen Murderer's Secret Past|A. L. Bardach|December 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST “Whittier Drive is a pass-through street,” said Beverly Hills attorney Gina Hope, who lives nearby. Hollywood Murder Stumps Detectives|Christine Pelisek|November 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She was shot five times in the chest in her Mercedes, driving down Whittier Drive, a leafy dark street in Beverly Hills. Ronni Chasen, a Hollywood Wonder Woman|Caroline Graham|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST Whittier speaks in burning verse to more than thirty thousand, in the National Era. My Bondage and My Freedom|Frederick Douglass Two years later comes the "Chapel of the Hermits," and with it the second epoch in Whittier's poetic career. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864|Various Mr. Whittier was present at these picnics whenever able, and, as has been said, sometimes wrote a poem to be read there. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6|Various Whittier offered up "thanks for the fugitive slave law; for it gave occasion for 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'" The Anti-Slavery Crusade|Jesse Macy Still there are many strong passages in the lyrics written by Whittier during the civil war of 1861-65. John Greenleaf Whittier|W. Sloane Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for Whittier
nounJohn Greenleaf. 1807–92, US poet and humanitarian: a leading campaigner in the antislavery movement. His poems include Snow-Bound (1866) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |