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Definition of Hamilton

1. Noun. Irish mathematician (1806-1865).

2. Noun. English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815).

3. Noun. United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970).

4. Noun. United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804).

5. Noun. A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario.

6. Noun. The capital of Bermuda.

Definition of Hamilton

1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish from=Old English) ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. Cities in Alabama, California, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Australia, Bermuda, Ontario, New Zealand and Scotland. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) A United States ten-dollar bill. ¹

5. Noun. (alternative form of Hamilton) (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamilton

Haman Hamas Hamasaki Hamazaki Hamble Hamburg Hamburg parsley Hamburg steak Hamburger Hamburger's law

Hamburger's phenomenon Hamburgers Hamelia erecta Hamelia patens Hamhung Hamilton (current term) Hamilton's pseudophlegmon Hamilton-Stewart formula Hamilton-Stewart method Hamiltonian

Hamiltonian cycle Hamiltonian cycles Hamiltonian graph Hamiltonian path Hamiltonian paths Hamiltonians Hamiltonism Hamiltons Haminoea Hamish

Literary usage of Hamilton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"54 Eaton Place SW Hamilton, Hon. Henrietta, sister of 6th Baron Balfour of ... of 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell; b. 1873. Hamilton, Lady Louisa Frances, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He built St. Patrick's Church, Hamilton, established the House of ... TJ Dowling, DD, bishop of Peterborough, was installed Bishop of Hamilton, 2 May, 1889. ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Bookm 42:525 Ja '16 Hamilton, Cosmo British army after the war. ... Sei Am S 80:396-8 D 18 ЧБ Hamilton. Frederick William, 1860- How can class gifts to ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"See the article Hamilton and other articles on the different branches of the ... The holders of these titles descended from Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"By Burr and " the little band " the success of Lewis was ascribed to one cause—the never-ending meddling of Hamilton. The paper which he read to the caucus ..."

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