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Definition of Raleigh
1. Noun. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618).
Generic synonyms: Coloniser, Colonizer, Courtier
2. Noun. Capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina.
Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: Nc, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State
Definition of Raleigh
1. Proper noun. the county seat of Wake County and the capital of North Carolina ¹
2. Proper noun. an English place name, surname and given name ¹
3. Proper noun. Sir Walter Raleigh English explorer and soldier ¹
4. Proper noun. an English bicycle manufacturer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raleigh
Literary usage of Raleigh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"To which Raleigh only rejoined : ' Your phrases will not prove it, Mr Attourney.'
What a speech was this for the king's advocate : ' Thou hast a Spanish ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1864)
"Upon the receipt of your telegram, informing me that measures, taken to put an
end to the disturbances in Raleigh, had not proved effective, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"Essex was forced to put in at Falmouth (19 July), and Raleigh, ... But, to his
indignation, Raleigh unexpectedly anticipated him in this operation. ..."
4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1876)
"[Hallam asserted that this favourite poem had been ascribed to Raleigh without
evidence and without probability. Ritson affirmed that F. Davison was the ..."
5. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1895)
"One more plan was submitted to them by Raleigh before he gave orders for weighing
anchor. He had long before told them that if disaster should come it might ..."
6. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1883)
"If Raleigh could do nothing else, he could lay his bones by the side of his son
... One more plan was submitted to them by Raleigh before he gave orders for ..."
7. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1883)
"This reasoning had induced Cecil to send for Raleigh at Windsor. It must have
received additional weight as soon as the Government heard that, after Raleigh ..."
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