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Definition of Crichton
1. Noun. Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582).
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crichton
Literary usage of Crichton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"William de Crichton is mentioned as dominus de Crichton about 1240. Thomas do
Crichton, supposed to be his son, was one of those barons who swore fealty to ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"years old, when Crichton displayed his talents at Padua ; and, besides, his
authority is appealed to for no more than a single fact, and that a doubtful one ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"years old, when Crichton displayed his talents at Padua ; and, besides, ...
His name was James Crichton, who appeared like a prodigy in these our times, ..."
4. Cases Decided in the Court of Session: During Summer Session 1794, Winter by Scotland Court of Session (1796)
"THE late Alderman Crichton was proprietor of one half of the lands of Newington,
... to my brother Alexander Crichton " of Edinburgh, and his heirs, ..."
5. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by JAMES ANTHONY. FROUDE (1870)
"Crichton was observed to tear some sheets of paper, and try to throw them into
... Crichton was examined on the rack. He said that he had been on his way to ..."
6. The Lord Advocates of Scotland: From the Close of the Fifteenth Century to by George William Thomson Omond (1883)
"The career of Robert Crichton is a startling proof of the weakness of the ...
After the death of old Robert Crichton, the Advocate, Isobel Borth- wick ..."
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