Definition of Margaret mead

1. Noun. United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978).

Exact synonyms: Mead
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Margaret Mead

Marechal
Marechal's test
Marek's disease
Marek's disease virus
Marengo
Mareva injunction
Marey's law
Marfan's disease
Marfan's law
Marfan's syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Margaret
Margaret Court
Margaret Higgins Sanger
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Thatcher
Margarete Gertrud Zelle
Margarita
Margaropus
Margaropus winthemi
Margasivsa
Margate
Margate fish
Margate fishes
Marge
Margery

Literary usage of Margaret mead

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

1. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its by Charles Hudson (1913)
"... and Margaret (Mead) ; secondly, intention dated 7 Feb. 1751, REBECCA WATTS, born at Chelsea 17 Apr. 1727, ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"They are especially leery of its use following the demonstrative adjectives this and that: Students get into this particular category too —margaret mead, ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"In 1998 the program included collaborative screenings with the New York African Film Festival, the margaret mead Film Festival, and the Center for Children ..."

4. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"(III) Stephen, youngest child of Joseph and Margaret (Mead) Locke, was born January 26, 1718, and succeeded to his father's homestead in Lexington, ..."

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