Definition of Cather

1. Noun. United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947).

Exact synonyms: Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cather

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Cathari
Catharine
Catharism
Catharist
Cathars
Cathartes
Cathartes aura
Cathartidae
Cathay
Cathaya
Cathayan
Cathayans
Cathays
Cathedral City
Cather (current term)
Catherine
Catherine Howard
Catherine I
Catherine II
Catherine Parr
Catherine de Medicis
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine the Great
Catherine wheel
Catherine wheels
Catherinian
Catheryn
Cathi
Cathie

Literary usage of Cather

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

1. Representative One-act Plays by British and Irish Authors by Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890- (1921)
"WILLIAM Cather. Your father was saying something about you and Maggie, Henry! ... WILLIAM Cather. Maybe, it would be better if Henry was to speak for ..."

2. Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920 by Carl Van Doren (1922)
"WILLA Cather When Willa Cather dedicated her first novel, 0 Pioneers!, to the memory of Sarah Orne Jewett, she pointed out a link of natural piety binding ..."

3. The Borzoi 1920: Being a Sort of Record of Five Years' Publishing by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (1920)
"... Cather By HL Mencken If the United States ever becomes civilized and develops a literature, no doubt the Middle West will be the scene of the prodigy. ..."

4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson, Harriet Monroe (1917)
"... Willa Sibert Cather THE PALATINE In the "Dark Ages" "Have you been with the King to Rome, Brother, big brother?" "I've been there and I've come home. ..."

5. Postal Salaries: Hearings, Sixty-sixth Congress, First [second] Session by United States, Congress, Joint Commission on Postal Salaries (1920)
"BRIEF SUBMITTED BY BAYS D. Cather, POSTMASTER, PELL CITY, ALA. 1. Our rates of pay were fixed by Congress over 20 years ago, when prices of necessities were ..."

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