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Definition of Curtis
1. Noun. English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799).
Definition of Curtis
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English from=Middle English dot=), originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtis
Literary usage of Curtis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1900)
"Dr. J. Bradford Dresser, who has given much time to the study of the Curtis
family, informs me that his ancestor, Henry Curtis, of Windsor, was a brother of ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Curtis was on duty with his regiment in the battle of Bull Run, ... Curtis was
assigned to the command of the 2d brigade, 2d division of the 10th army corps ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"R. Curtis. Vol. 19. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.," the right whereof she claims as
... Anno Domini 1883, Maria M. Curtis, widow of BR Curtis, of Boston, ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Curtis, Henry S. Washington sites available for playgrounds. ... Curtis, Wardon
Allan, 1867- Movement against co-education at the University of Wisconsin. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"James Léman, as personal representative of Thomas Curtis, ... down to the death
of Elizabeth Curtis, and which declared the plaintiff Day to be entitled to ..."
6. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"The acerbity displayed in his subsequent correspondence with Justice Curtis grates
the heart: they are extraordinary letters from a gentleman of high ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"To this I assented, when Curtis, after marching for a day in front, ... I regrette
add that Major-General Curtis gave me no support whatever f.us day, but, ..."
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