Definition of Archibald MacLeish

1. Noun. United States poet (1892-1982).

Exact synonyms: Macleish
Generic synonyms: Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archibald MacLeish

Archangel
Archea
Archean
Archean aeon
Archean eon
Archebacteria
Archenemy
Archeozoic
Archeozoic eon
Archer
Arches
Arches National Park
Archgrounds
Archi
Archibald
Archibald MacLeish (current term)
Archibald Percival Wavell
Archidiskidon
Archidiskidon imperator
Archie
Archies
Archilochian
Archilochos
Archilochus
Archilochus colubris
Archimedean
Archimedean property
Archimedean solid
Archimedean solids
Archimedean spiral

Literary usage of Archibald MacLeish

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The leading events in this field rose from a well-known poet, a lesser-known and an unknown: Archibald MacLeish, Kenneth Patchen, Louise McNeill. ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... letter, 26 Oct. 1949 - let me thank you again ... for everything you have tried to do on my behalf —Archibald MacLeish, letter, 15 Dec. 1944 - . ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"Poems by Robert Frost, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Archibald MacLeish, Stephen Vincent Benet, Elinor Wylie, Carl Sandburg, Amy Lowell were coming to us at ..."

4. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen (1999)
"Archibald MacLeish, 1892-1982, "Ars Poetica" (1926) In our language rhyme is a barrel. A barrel of dynamite. The line is a fuse. The line smoulders to the ..."

5. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"Archibald MacLeish recognized this when he wrote in 1949 that, "The soul of a people is the image it cherishes of itself; the aspect in which it sees itself ..."

6. Russian Refugees in France and the United States Between the World Wars by James E. Hassell (1991)
"Close at hand were Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and Archibald MacLeish. Djuna Barnes, haughty and inscrutable, convinced everyone that she was a brilliant ..."

7. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1989)
"—Archibald MacLeish The protection against disease afforded by vaccination is commonly taken to be the ultimate paradigm for prevention. ..."

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