Definition of Buchanan

1. Noun. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).


Definition of Buchanan

1. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Scottish Gaelic dot=) from Scotland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buchanan

Bubba
Buber
Bubo virginianus
Bubulcus
Bubulcus ibis
Bucalemo
Bucalemu
Bucaramanga
Buccinidae
Bucconidae
Bucephala
Bucephala islandica
Bucephela albeola
Bucephela clangula
Bucerotidae
Buchanan (current term)
Bucharest
Bucharesti
Bucharestian
Bucharestians
Buchloe
Buchloe dactyloides
Buchner
Buchner extract
Buchner funnel
Buchwald's atrophy
Buck's Fizz
Buck's Fizzes
Buck's extension

Literary usage of Buchanan

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

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"bonis non with the will annexed of James A. Buchanan, deceased, in circuit court No. 2, of Baltimore city, in which she stated the various facts under which ..."

2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"Fourteen ballots were taken, both Buchanan and Douglas gaining at the expense of Pierce. On the tenth, Buchanan received a majority of the votes cast. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"JAMES Buchanan.* JAMES Buchanan was born on the 23d day of April, 1791, and died on the 1st day of June, 18C8. Of this long life the larger part was devoted ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"David Buchanan, who has written on the learned men of Scotland in excellent Latin. Here he probably refers to the manuscript entitled'De Scrittori bus ..."

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