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Definition of Portman
1. n. An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.
Definition of Portman
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹
2. Noun. A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portman
1. burgess [n PORTMEN] - See also: burgess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portman
Literary usage of Portman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"1837 he was created liaron Portman of Orchard Portman, and raised to be Viscount
Portman of Bryanston on 28 March 1873. For some time he was a prominent ..."
2. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"Gerald B., 5th surv. s. of 2nd Ward Chapman, 1887; formerly MP 46 Viscount
Portman ; b. 1875. 22 Portman Square, W. Portman, Hon. ..."
3. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and by James William Edmund Doyle (1886)
"Baron Portman of Orchard Portman, Jan. 27, 1837; Major, 1st Somersetshire Regt.
of Militia, March 13, 1839 , I.cml Lieutenant, ..."
4. Diary, of Thomas Burton, Esq. Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and by Thomas Burton, Guibon Goddard (1828)
"The humble petition of Elizabeth Portman, the afflicted wife of John Portman,
... This Mr. Portman yesterday, in the evening, made his escape hence, ..."
5. Visitation of England and Wales by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp (1903)
"Thomas Whitby of Cresswell Hall, Berkeley Portman of= Bryanston, co. Dorset, and
of Orchard Portman, co. Somerset co. Stafford, and of Portland Place, ..."
6. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1890)
"1 Perhaps this is the same Master Portman who is referred to in the following
passage :—" Mr. Secretary then called to him Master Portman of the Temple, ..."
7. The History of the Squares of London: Topographical & Historical by Edwin Beresford Chancellor (1907)
"THE Portman property, viz. that belonging to the family of which Lord Portman
... Portman SQUARE BUT the one to be first considered because for a variety of ..."
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