Associations to the word «Whitman»

Wiktionary

WHITMAN, proper noun. A surname​.
WHITMAN SAMPLER, noun. Alternative form of Whitman's sampler
WHITMAN SAMPLER, noun. Alternative form of Whitman's sampler

Dictionary definition

WHITMAN, noun. United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892).
WHITMAN, noun. United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats