Bartlett

Bartlett
/bahrt"lit/, n. Hort.
a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear. Also called Bartlett pear.
[1825-35, Amer.; so named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Mass.]
/bahrt"lit/, n.
1. John, 1820-1905, U.S. publisher: compiled Familiar Quotations.
2. John Russell, 1805-86, U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.
3. Josiah, 1729-95, U.S. physician and statesman.
4. Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, U.S. sculptor.
5. Robert Abram, 1875-1946, U.S. arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.
6. Vernon, born 1894, English writer.
7. a town in SW Tennessee. 17,170.
8. a town in NE Illinois. 13,254.
9. a male given name, form of Bartholomew.

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(as used in expressions)
Bartlett Sir Frederic Charles
Bartlett John
Shepard Alan Bartlett Jr.

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