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Definition of Dickinson

1. Noun. United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886).

Definition of Dickinson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

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Literary usage of Dickinson

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

1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"dickinson. A Sermon delivered in the Second Congregational Church, ... [dickinson.] A Letter to the North American, On Occasion of his Address to the ..."

2. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904, Samuel Austin Allibone (1899)
"dickinson, S. Meredith. Practice of the Probate Courts of New Jersey : with ... dickinson, William, FLS 1. A Glossary of Words and Phrases of Cumberland, ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1881)
"Dr. Nesbit was unanimously elected Principal of dickinson College by tbe ... Mr. dickinson, agreeably to order of the Board, writes to Dr. Nesbit on the 22d ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1830)
"COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN dickinson. Portsmouth, August 26. On board the Victory. The Court-martial was composed of the following members :— Hon. sir Rob. ..."

5. Principles of the Law of Contract: With a Chapter on the Law of Agency by William Reynell Anson, Arthur Linton Corbin (1919)
"The other case is dickinson v. Dodds" a suit for specific performance of a contract ... On the 10th of June, 1874, Dodds gave to dickinson a memorandum in ..."

6. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1858)
"JONATHAN dickinson was descended from a highly respectable family. He was a grandson of Nathaniel dickinson,—one of the first settlers of ..."

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