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Definition of Trumbull
1. Noun. American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785).
2. Noun. American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843).
3. Noun. American satirical poet (1750-1831).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumbull
Literary usage of Trumbull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"nary clerkship to the privy council ; but the office seems to have been a sinecure,
for Trumbull remained at his post at Brussels. ..."
2. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"Trumbull — Continued. MR. Trumbull was arrested on the 19th of November, and
released the June following. Some other particulars, connected with the arrest ..."
3. The Liberal Republican Movement by Earle Dudley Ross (1910)
"236 During the winter Trumbull received letters from more or less ... 12, 1872,
Trumbull MSS. Other letters of the same sort are given in White, 375. ..."
4. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical by H. J. Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"The Reverend Benjamin Trumbull, DD, the historian, was the son of Benoni, ...
JONATHAN Trumbull was the son of Joseph, who settled at Lebanon as a merchant, ..."
5. Life of Benjamin Silliman, M.D., LL.D., Late Professor of Chemistry by George Park Fisher (1866)
"The Second Governor Trumbull: His Person, Manners, and Character; His House and
Family; His Appearance in Public; Experience of his Personal Kindness. ..."
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