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Definition of Robeson
1. Noun. United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976).
Generic synonyms: Civil Rights Activist, Civil Rights Leader, Civil Rights Worker, Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer
Definition of Robeson
1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robeson
Literary usage of Robeson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archivesby Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1878)
"1771, June 17, robeson, Ann, and John Conrad Thish. 1769, Sept. 2, robeson, Anne,
and John ... 1779, June 7, robeson, Margarett, and Francis Winstanley. ..."
2. Harvard Memorial Biographies by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1866)
"He was a son of Thomas Rodman and Sibyl (Washburn) robeson. ... Andrew robeson
established, under many discouragements and difficulties, the print-works ..."
3. Harvard Memorial Biographies by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1866)
"He was a son of Thomas Rodman and Sibyl (Washburn) robeson. ... Andrew robeson
established, under many discouragements and difficulties, the print-works ..."
4. Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present by Samuel A'Court Ashe (1908)
"THOMAS robeson WISE man was once asked, "When should the education of a youth
... Nature was kind in giving Colonel Thomas robeson the ideal grandfather. ..."
5. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"robeson FOR THE PRISONER. July 1. Mr. robeson. May it please the Court—Gentlemen
of the jury: As citizens of the State of New Jersey, whose laws have been ..."
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