Definition of Tilden

1. Noun. United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953).

Exact synonyms: Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr.
Generic synonyms: Tennis Player

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilden

Tiflis
Tigers
Tigger
Tiggers
Tigre
Tigrigna
Tigrinya
Tigris
Tigris River
Tijuana
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Tikrit
Tilapia nilotica
Tilda
Tilden (current term)
Tilia
Tilia americana
Tilia cordata
Tilia heterophylla
Tilia japonica
Tilia tomentosa
Tiliaceae
Tiliomycetes
Tillandsia usneoides
Tillaux
Tilletia
Tilletia caries
Tilletia foetida
Tilletiaceae

Literary usage of Tilden

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Governor Tilden employed a skilled engineer to examine their work and then ... In 1876 Tilden was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Governor Tilden employed a skilled engineer to examine their work and then ... In 1876 Tilden was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1911)
"1613 John son of Daniel Tilden 26 April. 1613 Gyles son of Samuel Tilden 6 June ... 1617 Thomas son of John Tilden 4 May. . 1617 Gregory son of Jonathan ..."

4. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1906)
"Tilden FAMILY OF KENT COUNTY.—According to Hanson's Old Kent (pp. 302, 307) the immigrant ancestor of this family was Marmaduke Tilden of Great Oak Manor, ..."

5. A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"Mr. Tilden had an examination made of the debates and other records of Congress ... 385, that the conclusions of the inquiry instituted by Mr. Tilden were ..."

6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"SAMUEL J. Tilden. In 1887, the year following Mr. Tilden's death, a shelf inventory was prepared and printed of the books, pamphlets, periodicals, prints, ..."

7. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1891)
"Unless, therefore, within the rules which control courts in the construction of wills we can separate the provision in reference to the Tilden trust from ..."

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