Definition of Hawthorne

1. Noun. United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864).

Exact synonyms: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Hawthorne

1. Proper noun. (surname topographic or habitational from=Middle English dot=) for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawthorne

Hawkeye
Hawkeye State
Hawkin
Hawking
Hawking radiation
Hawkings
Hawkins
Hawkyns
Hawley appliance
Hawley retainer
Haworth
Haworth conformational formula
Haworth perspective formula
Hawsmith
Hawson
Hawthorne
Hawthorne effect
Hawthornean
Hawthornian
Haya
Hayastan
Hayden
Haydn
Hayek
Hayekian
Hayem's haematoblast
Hayem's solution
Hayem-Widal syndrome
Hayes
Hayflick's limit

Literary usage of Hawthorne

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

1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"The Personality of hawthorne. [Review of hawthorne and his Circle. ... Nathaniel hawthorne. In Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature, 1897. ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1904)
"Nathaniel hawthorne and his wife. A biography. Cambridge: Printed at the ... Contains nine critical essays, of which the one on hawthorne is the last. ..."

3. Essex Institute Historical Collections by Essex Institute, Peabody & Essex Museum (1905)
"hawthorne RELICS Window sashes with panes of glass, from the room in which ... Crane from the fireplace of the room in which Nathaniel hawthorne was born. ..."

4. American Book Prices Current (1897)
"With " hawthorne and his Wife," by Julian hawthorne. ... (615) $24.00 3402 THE hawthorne PORTFOLIO, being a Series of Twenty- four India Proofs from ..."

5. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"Nathaniel hawthorne was named for the lucrative position of consul at Liverpool. He at first shrank from accepting office from his friend, as it seemed too ..."

6. Studying the Short-story: Sixteen Short-story Classics, with Introductions by Joseph Berg Esenwein (1918)
"Memories of hawthorne, Rose hawthorne Lathrop (1897); Nathaniel hawthorne, Anne Fields (1899); Life, in the American Men of Letters series, George Edward ..."

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