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Definition of Mitchell
1. Noun. English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937).
2. Noun. United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936).
Generic synonyms: Aeronaut, Airman, Aviator, Flier, Flyer, Full General, General
3. Noun. United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889).
4. Noun. United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949).
5. Noun. United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919).
6. Noun. United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934).
Definition of Mitchell
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old French dot=) derived from the (etyl fro) given name Michel (''Michael''), or from the (etyl ang) word muchel meaning ''big''. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred from the surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mitchell
1. Silas Weir, U.S. Neurologist, poet, and novelist, 1829-1914. See: Mitchell's disease, Mitchell's treatment, Gerhardt-Mitchell disease, Weir Mitchell's disease, Weir Mitchell treatment. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitchell
Literary usage of Mitchell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"[2] As the court sustained the demurrer of lantha Mitchell to the bill, but did
not enter a final order dismissing it, this court can, upon certificate, ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1823)
"By indentures of bargain and sale dated 12th March 1814, and by a fine, J.Mitchell
and his wife mortgaged the reversionary interest of the latter to Daniel ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Clement Tudway Swanston, John Scott Eldon (1823)
"By indentures of bargain and sale dated 12th March 18 H, and by a fine, J.Mitchell
and his wife mortgaged the reversionary interest of the latter to Daniel ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"See Mitchell, A. Crichton Mitchell, David Malnutrition and health education ...
Travel 27:17- 19 My '16 Mitchell, Guy Elliott Charting America's jungle land ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"1764 Boswell (writing from Geneva) triumphantly tells Mitchell that his father
has now consented to let him travel in Italy. He sneers at the ambassador's ..."
6. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1826)
"1791 to 1748 Daniel Howard, 1792 to 1750 Josiah Edson, 1793 to 1755 Daniel Howard,
to 1795 to 1766 Josiah Edson, 1796 to 1769 Edward Mitchell, to 1798 to ..."