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Bartlett Common

Bartlett has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

"The book details how Bartlett, the famous explorer who accompanied Peary to the North Pole, navigated the treacherous ice of the Arctic."

2

United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)

"The anthology is named after Bartlett, the nineteenth-century American editor who compiled it."

3

juicy yellow pear

"They served crisp Bartlett pears at the summer picnic."

4

A kind of English pear.

"The chef sliced the crisp Bartlett pears into chunks to top the ice cream sundae."

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from given names from a pet form of Bartholomew.

"The Bartlett family tree traces its origins to ancestors named after their beloved cats."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pear

Origin

This variety of pear is named after Enoch Bartlett from Dorchester, Massachusetts, who introduced it to the public. The fruit bears his name as a direct tribute rather than deriving its meaning from an older word.

Rhyming Words
bett aett yett fett gett sett pett nett mett lett jett swett prett frett brett chett rhett eszett boyett hewett
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