Lexic.us

Definition of Seeger

1. Noun. United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919).

2. Noun. United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seeger

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Literary usage of Seeger

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

1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"migrations, including a sojourn in Mexico, where Seeger spent the most impressionable years of his youth. In 1906, he entered Harvard; became one of the ..."

2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"1914 came, and the European war had not entered its third week when, along with some forty of his fellow-countrymen, Seeger enlisted in the Foreign Legion ..."

3. Some Contemporary Poets (1920) by Harold Monro, Thomas Sturge Moore (1920)
"Alan Seeger was born in New York in 1888, of old New England parentage. For ten years Staten Island, in the mouth of the harbour, was his home. ..."

4. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"On June 21, 1916, Seeger, who was in the Foreign Legion, ... Seeger fell heavily wounded in the stomach. Comrades saw him crawl into a shell-hole for ..."

5. The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in by Edward Wilson Morse (1918)
"VI ALAN Seeger, POET OF THE LEGION THE fullest and ... Seeger was somewhat older than the other American volunteers who were in the Legion and more mature ..."

6. Lest We Forget: World War Stories by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1918)
"So Rupert Brooke enlisted in the English navy, and Alan Seeger enlisted in the French ... Alan Seeger lived a life like that of many other American boys. ..."

7. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"migrations, including a sojourn in Mexico, where Seeger spent the most impressionable years of his youth. In 1906, he entered Harvard; became one of the ..."

8. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"1914 came, and the European war had not entered its third week when, along with some forty of his fellow-countrymen, Seeger enlisted in the Foreign Legion ..."

9. Some Contemporary Poets (1920) by Harold Monro, Thomas Sturge Moore (1920)
"Alan Seeger was born in New York in 1888, of old New England parentage. For ten years Staten Island, in the mouth of the harbour, was his home. ..."

10. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"On June 21, 1916, Seeger, who was in the Foreign Legion, ... Seeger fell heavily wounded in the stomach. Comrades saw him crawl into a shell-hole for ..."

11. The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in by Edward Wilson Morse (1918)
"VI ALAN Seeger, POET OF THE LEGION THE fullest and ... Seeger was somewhat older than the other American volunteers who were in the Legion and more mature ..."

12. Lest We Forget: World War Stories by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1918)
"So Rupert Brooke enlisted in the English navy, and Alan Seeger enlisted in the French ... Alan Seeger lived a life like that of many other American boys. ..."

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