Definition of Aiken

1. Noun. United States writer (1889-1973).

Exact synonyms: Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Aiken

1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aiken

Aich's metal
Aichi
Aicken
Aida
Aidan
Aiden
Aidenn
Aides
Aidoneus
Aiea
Aigaleo
Aigburth
Aighton
Aigina
Aigio
Aiken (current term)
Aikens
Aikin
Aikins
Ailanthus altissima
Aileen
Ailey
Ailill mac Máta
Ailuropoda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropodidae
Ailurus
Ailurus fulgens
Aimee
Aimee Semple McPherson

Literary usage of Aiken

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

1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"In this volume, Aiken goes back to the narrative—or rather, ... Often Aiken loses himself in this watery welter of language. In trying to create a closer ..."

2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"In this volume, Aiken goes back to the narrative—or rather, to a series of loosely ... Often Aiken loses himself in this watery welter of language. ..."

3. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Aiken (Albert W.). Red Arrow, the Wolf Demon. 1870. 16mo. (95) $10.50. Aiken (Albert W.). Rocky Mountain Rob. 1871. 16mo. (39) $8.50. Aiken (Albert ..."

4. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"Until within the recent past, political antagonisms have been too strong to allow fair consideration for such orations as that of Aiken at the Surratt trial ..."

5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"Aiken has acquired a special reputation for the dryness of its atmosphere; ... Aiken resembles the celebrated resorts on the European Riviera in possessing ..."

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