Definition of Pomeroy

1. an old variety of apple [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pomeroy

1. Ralph H., U.S. Obstetrician-gynecologist, 1867-1925. See: Pomeroy's operation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomeroy

Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae
Pomacentrus
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Pomeranians
Pomeroy (current term)
Pomeroy's operation
Pommyland
Pomo
Pomoan
Pomolobus
Pomolobus pseudoharengus
Pomoxis
Pomoxis annularis
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Pompe's disease
Pompe disease
Pompeian
Pompeian red
Pompeiana

Literary usage of Pomeroy

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

1. Great American Lawyers: The Lives and Influence of Judges and Lawyers who by William Draper Lewis (1909)
"His father, Enos Pomeroy, (b. 1791) was one of the pioneer settlers of ... Further details as to the Pomeroy family with some curious speculations are given ..."

2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1885)
"Pomeroy (JL) Report of the Trustees of the Hampshire Missionary Society made at their ... 63929 Pomeroy. The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, ..."

3. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"BENJAMIN Pomeroy, D. D* 1735—1784. BENJAMIN Pomeroy, the son of Joseph Pomeroy, was born at Suffield, Conn., in the year 1704. ..."

4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1842)
"The castle of Berry Pomeroy, a visit to which gave rise to the present work, is now a ruin as ancient and interesting as a legend-seeker would desire ..."

5. When Kansas was Young by Thomas Allen McNeal (1922)
"1 The Downfall of Pomeroy In the legislative session of 1873 the senatorial election so overshadowed every other issue that little if anything is remembered ..."

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