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Definition of George Mason
1. Noun. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792).
Lexicographical Neighbors of George Mason
Literary usage of George Mason
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"George Mason, the grantee and the father of the lessor, died the day of ...
Peter« 1. nated as "the third codicil" annexed to the will of George Mason, ..."
2. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, at the Battle of Manassas, who was severely wounded nnd d.
at Warrenton, unm. COL. George Mason was the Solon ..."
3. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1873)
"Washington and George Mason. — Dismissal of Grenville from the British Cabinet.
— Franklin before the Mouse of Commons. — Repeal of the Stamp Act. — Joy of ..."
4. The Public Life and Diplomatic Correspondence of James M. Mason: With Some by Virginia Mason (1906)
"CHAPTER I. Lineage—George Mason of Gunston—Gen. John Mason—Mrs. John Mason— Life
of Matron at that Day—Birth of James M. Mason—Incidents During War of—The ..."
5. George Rogers Clark Papers, 1771- by George Rogers Clark, James Alton James (1912)
"Lyman C. Draper, with this clue, took up the search for the missing document,
and wrote to Colonel George Mason, who was living at Hollin Hall, ..."
6. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by Eugene Allen Gilmore, American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington (1909)
"Rowland, KM Life of George Mason (New York, 1892), vol. ii, 359. Dear John: About
four or five years ago Mr. Henderson imported from Scotland, ..."