Definition of Bradstreet

1. Noun. Poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672).

Exact synonyms: Anne Bradstreet, Anne Dudley Bradstreet
Generic synonyms: Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bradstreet

Brad
Bradbury
Braden
Bradford
Bradford frame
Bradford method
Bradlee
Bradley
Bradley's spleenwort
Bradley method
Bradley method of childbirth
Bradly
Bradman
Bradshaw
Bradshaws
Bradstreet
Brady
Brady's reagent
Brady Bunch
Brady Bunches
Bradypodidae
Bradypus
Bradypus tridactylus
Braeden
Braga
Brage
Bragg
Bragg's law
Bragg peak
Bragg peaks

Literary usage of Bradstreet

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

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Simon bradstreet (a portrait of whom is in the senate chamber of the State ... For several years, in Ireland and England, bradstreet led an erratic life, ..."

2. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"SIMON bradstreet was a grandson of Simon bradstreet, one of the most distinguished of the ... Simon bradstreet, who was graduated at Harvard College in ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1862)
"[Communicated by JAMES S. LORINO, Esq., of Brooklyn, NY] This ie the last Will and Testament of John bradstreet, Major General in his Majesty's Army, ..."

4. History of New London, Connecticut: From the First Survey of the Coast in by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, Cecelia Griswold (1895)
"On the 19th of November, a rate was voted to pay Mrs. bradstreet the arrears due to ... Simon bradstreet was the oldest son of Hon. Simon bradstreet who was ..."

5. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Orig. paper covers, in mor. case, by bradstreet (ALS inserted; Arnold-Poor ... (orig. paper covers bound in, by bradstreet, HW Poor copy), Wallace, G., Mar. ..."

6. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in Cambridge by John Langdon Sibley, Clifford Kenyon Shipton (1881)
"SIMON bradstreet, MA, of New London, Connecticut, born at Ipswich, ... February 26, the town chose two " messengers to fetch up Mr. bradstreet as soon as ..."

7. Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military by William Shirley (1912)
"John bradstreet served as Lieutenant Colonel in the Louisbourg Expedition of 1745. After receiving a captain's commission in the Regulars, he was appointed ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1884)
"It also recited the will of Martha bradstreet, the daughter of John bradstreet, and the devises in the same of one-third to Samuel and Martha bradstreet, ..."

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