Lexic.us

Definition of Trevelyan

1. Noun. English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962).

2. Noun. English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trevelyan

Trephritidae Treponema Treponema carateum Treponema cuniculi Treponema denticola Treponema hyodysenteriae Treponema mucosum Treponema pallidum haemagglutination test Treponema pallidum immobilization reaction Treponema pallidum immobilization test

Treponema pertenue Treponemataceae Tresco Tresilian's sign Trevelyan (current term) Trevena Treves' fold Trevino Treviso Trevithick

Trevor Trevor's disease Trewartha Trey Treys TriBeCa Triaenodon Triaenodon obseus Triakidae

Literary usage of Trevelyan

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 (1899)
"1130-01 ; Statement of Sir CE Trevelyan of the Circumstances connected mth his Recall from ... Walter was the second son of Sir George Trevelyan of Net- ..."

2. He Knew He was Right by Anthony Trollope (1869)
"He found the American Minister at home, and was received with cordiality; but Mr. Spalding could tell him little or nothing about Trevelyan. ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1881)
"SIR CHARLES Trevelyan. IMPROVIDENCE AND ITS REMEDIES. ... Sir Charles Trevelyan submitted the paper to the Boston Conference of Charities, ..."

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