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Definition of Cornell

1. Noun. United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974).

2. Noun. United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornell

Cormack Cormag Cormick Cormo Cormos Corn Belt Cornaceae Corneille Cornelia Cornelia Otis Skinner

Cornelis Jansen Cornelius Cornelius Jansenius Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornell (current term) Cornell University Cornellian Cornellians Corner's tampon Corner-Allen test

Corner-Allen unit Cornhusker Cornhusker State Cornish Cornish Rex Cornish fairing Cornish fairings Cornish heath Cornish pastie

Literary usage of Cornell

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

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"His father, Elijah Cornell, was a ship carpenter, but soon after removed to De Ruyter, Madison county, NY, and became a farmer in what was then known as the ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"by that court to be a valid claim against the estate of Cornell, and It can hardly be said that Its validity can be questioned in this collateral way. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
""But under and In pursuance of the Cornell contract of August 4, 1866. the whole net pro ceeds of the avails of said last-mentioned prop erty, ..."

4. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"Cornell UNIVERSITY Cornell UNIVERSITY was founded in 1865 by the combined bounty of the National Government and of Ezra Cornell. Its policy has always been ..."

5. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1897)
"Each of our students using thissystem has his name printed Cornell u. Cornell u. Cornell u. jn the corresponding place on Sub. Sub. bub. his labels. ..."

6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1880)
"Cornell, Margaret, and Henry Feaster. Cornell, Martha, and Aaron Feaster. Cornell, Simon, and Adrienne Kroesen. Cornel, Wilhelm, and Essie Kroesen. ..."

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