Definition of Culbertson

1. Noun. United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955).

Exact synonyms: Ely Culbertson
Generic synonyms: Card Player

Lexicographical Neighbors of Culbertson

Cucurbita
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cucurbita maxima
Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis
Cucurbita mixta
Cucurbita moschata
Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo melopepo
Cudworthian
Cufic
Cuiabá
Cuidad Bolivar
Cuisenaire rod
Cuisenaire rods
Culbertson
Culcita
Culcita dubia
Culdee
Culdees
Culebra
Culex fatigans
Culex pipiens
Culex quinquefasciatus
Culiacan
Culicoides
Culicoides austeni
Culicoides furens
Culicoides milnei
Culicoides variipennis

Literary usage of Culbertson

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

1. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"The plaintiff, culbertson, and his brother, citizens of Pennsylvania, made a written ... In the year 1849, culbertson brought an action of assumpsit on the ..."

2. The Part Taken by Women in American History by John A. Logan, Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan (1912)
"Mrs. Belle Caldwell culbertson, wife of Rev. John Newton culbertson ... John Jolliff Yarnall, a relative of Mrs. culbertson, was Perry's first lieutenant in ..."

3. The Centennial Memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle: A Series of Papers by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (1889)
"In several sketches of Dr. culbertson I find his name printed as Matthew Simpson, but I have the best of authority for saying that this is a mistake. ..."

4. Memorial Volume of the American Field Service in France, "Friends of France by James William Davenport Seymour (1921)
"TINGLE WOODS culbertson "TRULY none but the bravest of noble men could have ... "Ting" culbertson felt the full force of the principles for which he fought. ..."

5. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity Determined in the Supreme Court of the by Iowa Supreme Court, George Greene (1868)
"culbertson ». Jefferson Co. lature to deprive the creditors of a county of the ... culbertson v. BD. OF COM. OF JEFFERSON Co. By regulation of statute the ..."

6. Records of the Revolutionary War: Containing the Military and Financial by William Thomas Roberts Saffell, George Washington, Charles Lee, Nathanael Greene, United States Continental Congress (1894)
"CAPTAIN SAMUEL culbertson, Of Colonel Montgomery's Regiment of ... Captain culbertson was possessed of fine literary abilities, and military talents. ..."

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