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Definition of Goethals
1. Noun. United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928).
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goethals
Literary usage of Goethals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famous Living Americans, with Portraits edited by Mary Griffin Webb, Edna Lenore Webb (1914)
"GEORGE W. Goethals BY RAY STANNARD BAKER l IT was not until Goethals, a state-minded
... Goethals was not selected because he had at that time won any wide ..."
2. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"After luncheon, General Goethals planted a tree from Panama near Taft Circle,
and a slab was set to commemorate the event, and here he told the thousands of ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Goethals, George Washington—Continued Portrait. Ind 88:316 N 27 '16 What Goethals
thinks of the slides. 11 bit Digest 51:1-123-4 D 18 '15 Goethe, ..."
4. America and the Canal Title; Or, An Examination, Sifting and Interpretation by Joseph C. Freehoff (1916)
"President Roosevelt is reported to have said to Colonel Goethals: Colonel, ...
Colonel Goethals mentioned the foregoing to Secretary of War Taft, ..."
5. Men who are Making America by Bertie Charles Forbes (1922)
"GEORGE W. Goethals Why did General Mackenzie and other eminent army engineers at
once know that a mere major was the ideal man for the job ? ..."
6. Recent History of the United States by Frederic Logan Paxson (1921)
"Under the benevolent despotism of Goethals the work on the canal advanced without
... The task was done on time, and Goethals was advanced to the rank of ..."
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