Definition of Longfellow

1. Noun. United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882).

Exact synonyms: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Generic synonyms: Poet

Definition of Longfellow

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English dot=), originally a nickname for a tall person. ¹

2. Proper noun. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longfellow

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Londonized
Londonizes
Londonizing
Lone-Star State
Lone Ranger
Lone Star State
Lonestar State
Long
Long's coefficient
Long's formula
Long Beach
Long Island
Long Island Sound
Long Island iced tea
Longfellow (current term)
Longfellowian
Longford
Longmire's operation
Longyearbyen
Lonicera
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Lonicera canadensis
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Lonicera dioica
Lonicera flava
Lonicera hirsuta
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Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica halliana

Literary usage of Longfellow

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

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"In any estimate of his genius Longfellow deserves attention first for ... An occasional nod may be forgiven even to Homer, but Longfellow nods too often. ..."

2. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of by Nikolaus Triibner (1859)
"12mo, Longfellow.—The Poets and Poetry of Europe; with Introduction and Biographical Notices, ... Spanish Student; a Play, in Three Acts, by HW Longfellow. ..."

3. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of by Nicolas Trübner, Benjamin Moran, Edward Edwards (1859)
"12mo, Longfellow.—The Poets and Poetry of Europe ; with Introduction and Biographical Notices, ... Spanish Student; a Play, in Three Acts, by HW Longfellow. ..."

4. American Book Prices Current (1901)
"(525) $31.50 5397 THE Longfellow COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK. ... LIFE OF HENRY WADSWORTH Longfellow, with Final Memorials. Boston, 1886-87. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, ..."

5. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"A STUDY OF Longfellow. THERE will be held, in the first month of the new year, at the Lyceum Theatre, by the permission of Mr. Henry Irving, ..."

6. American Literature 1607-1885 by Charles Francis Richardson (1888)
"HENRY WADSWORTH Longfellow. FOR many years the most representative name in ... Poe's peculiar domain Longfellow neither would enter nor could enter with ..."

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