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Bartlett

1

[bahrt-lit]

noun

Horticulture.
  1. a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear.



Bartlett

2

[bahrt-lit]

noun

  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, 1894–1983, English writer.

  7. a town in southwestern Tennessee.

  8. a town in northeastern Illinois.

  9. a first name, form of Bartholomew.

Bartlett

/ ˈɑːٱɪ /

noun

  1. the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bartlett1

1825–35, so named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Mass.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bartlett1

named after Enoch Bartlett (1779–1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US
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Example Sentences

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Murray Bartlett won a limited series supporting Emmy for Season 1 against fellow “Lotus” actors, and Jennifer Coolidge prevailed twice in supporting categories crowded with co-stars.

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His only other credited appearance is a commercial for Albert Bartlett potatoes.

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BBC Radio Northampton executive producer Anna Bartlett explained why the radio station had organised the event.

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Reshoring it would require "many tens of hundreds of billions of dollars in both private and public sector investment to make happen", according to Mr Bartlett.

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"I felt like this thing had taken control of me and I was so angry about that," she told businessman and fellow podcaster Steve Bartlett in the latest episode.

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