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Definition of Dawes
1. Noun. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799).
Definition of Dawes
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawes
Literary usage of Dawes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"Excuse me a minute," he said to Dawes, and he would "nave run downstairs. ...
What I say," said Dawes, but he hung fire. Morel was leaning against the ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"his brothers, CG Dawes and Beman Gates Dawes, in the gas business and in 1897
left Marietta for Chicago to take charge of their varied gas interests. ..."
3. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"Acceptance of the Dawes Plan During much of the summer of 1924 the parliamentary
coalition of SPD, DDP, Center, and DVP to secure acceptance of the Dawes ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, said : " I offer as an amendment what I send to ...
The amendment of Mr. Dawes was read, as follows : That a joint committee ..."
5. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"... LAURENS Dawes represented a Massachusetts district in the House of Representatives
from 1857 to 1875. From 1875 to 1893 he was United States Senator ..."
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