Definition of Harrison

1. Noun. English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990).


2. Noun. English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001).
Exact synonyms: George Harrison
Group relationships: Beatles
Generic synonyms: Rock Star

3. Noun. 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901).

4. Noun. 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841).

Definition of Harrison

1. Proper noun. (surname northern English patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Proper noun. A town in Arkansas. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) derived from the surname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harrison

Harriman
Harrington
Harrington-Flocks test
Harringtons
Harriot
Harris
Harris' haematoxylin
Harris' lines
Harris' migraine
Harris Tweed
Harris and Ray test
Harris syndrome
Harris test
Harrisburg
Harrisia
Harrison (current term)
Harrison's groove
Harrod
Harrodian
Harrogate
Harry
Harry Bridges
Harry F. Klinefelter
Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
Harry Hotspur
Harry Houdini
Harry Hun
Harry Lauder
Harry Lillis Crosby
Harry S Truman

Literary usage of Harrison

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 (1904)
"The effect of this was to trace and limit the origin of the debt due by the tie company to Harrison solely to the fact that the tie company had deducted, ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"The Harrison family was settled, towards the close of the seventeenth century, ... Richard Harrison was a member of the religious Society of Friends, ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"The Harrison family was settled, towards the close of the seventeenth century, ... Richard Harrison was a member of the religious Society of Friends, ..."

4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"He moved, therefore, that the nomination of Harrison be made unani- * On the first ballot Clay received 103, Harrison 91, and Scott 67 (New York, ..."

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