Definition of Bloomfield

1. Noun. United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949).

Exact synonyms: Leonard Bloomfield
Generic synonyms: Linguist, Linguistic Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloomfield

Blood
Blood in the Water
Bloodless Revolution
Bloods
Bloody Caesar
Bloody Caesars
Bloody Mary
Bloody Marys
Bloody Sunday
Bloom
Bloom syndrome
Bloomeria
Bloomeria crocea
Bloomerism
Bloomfield (current term)
Bloomfieldian
Bloomfieldians
Bloomian
Bloomington
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Group
Bloomsburyan
Bloomsday
Bloquiste
Bloquistes
Blore's razor
Blount
Blount's disease
Blount-Barber disease

Literary usage of Bloomfield

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Purchase and Settlement of Western New York: And of the by James Harvey Hotchkin (1848)
"East Bloomfield, Victor, West Bloomfield, Lima, Avon, Avon Free Church, ... East Bloomfield.—The settlement of this place, and its early religious history, ..."

2. The Romantic Movement in English Poetry by Arthur Symons (1909)
"Bloomfield was lionised, patronised, and then left to himself, when, ... When Lamb said that Bloomfield had ' a poor mind' he has sometimes been taken to ..."

3. Reports of State Trials: New Seriesby Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis by Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis (1889)
"Consequently, only two peerages were in fact extinct at the date of the creation of Baron Bloomfield. Subsequently, four peerages of Ireland became extinct, ..."

4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1883)
"I enclose a letter to my old brother officer, General Bloomfield." GEN. JOSEPH Bloomfield. My Dear Sir : LA GRANGE' I avail myself of the opportunity ..."

5. The Christian Examiner (1837)
"Mr. Valpy, Dr. Burton, and Dr. Bloomfield, the editors of the three works, now claim to be enrolled on the list which bears the respected names of Hammond, ..."

6. A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer ...by Thomas Baldwin by Thomas Baldwin (1852)
"7 NW Hd. Bloomfield, pt. and v. Essex co. NJ 4 N of Newark. Bloomfield, pv. Crawford co. Pa. ... O. 60 NE of Cs Bloomfield, tp. Trumbull co. 0.15 N Warren. ..."

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