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Definition of Tubman
1. Noun. United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913).
Definition of Tubman
1. n. One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2.
Definition of Tubman
1. Noun. (UK legal obsolete) One of the two most experienced barristers in the (w Court of Exchequer) (the other being the postman). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubman
Literary usage of Tubman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harriet, the Moses of Her People by Sarah Hopkins Bradford (1886)
"During the late war, Mrs. Tubman was eminently faithful and useful to the cause
of our country. She is poor and has poor parents. ..."
2. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1913)
"HARRIET Tubman No one knows exactly when Harriet Ross was born, but it was on
the eastern shore of Maryland and not much less than a hundred years ago. ..."
3. United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the by United States Supreme Court, William T. Otto (1904)
"The plaintiff, a citizen of Georgia, brings his action to recover from Mrs.
Tubman the sum of $5400. He alleges that he holds the circulating notes of the ..."
4. Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and of by Swepson Earle, Percy G. Skirven (1916)
"At the time of its purchase by Dr. Tubman, the whole place contained about ...
In accordance with provisions made by Dr. Tubman the children of Mr. and Mrs. ..."
5. Emancipation and the Freed in American Sculpture: A Study in Interpretation by Freeman Henry Morris Murray (1916)
"THE HARRIET Tubman TABLET, AUBURN, NEW YORK A bronze tablet in memory of Mrs.
Harriet Tubman (Davis) was unveiled in June, 1914, at Auburn, New York. ..."
6. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1905)
"There is a woman in England whom Tubman owned as his wife, but he says that he
was never married to her. He admits that he has frequented horse- racing and ..."
7. A North-side View of Slavery: The Refugee: Or, The Narratives of Fugitive by Benjamin Drew (1856)
"HARRIET Tubman. I grew, up like a neglected weed, — ignorant of liberty, having
no experience of it Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a ..."
8. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1888)
"In the depth of her misery, the high spirited Jane Tubman refused to allow others
to run useless risks to save her. A woman named Susannah MacDowell, ..."
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