|
|
Definition of Rodgers
1. Noun. United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979).
Definition of Rodgers
1. Proper noun. An English patronymic surname derived from Roger. Variant form of Rogers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodgers
Literary usage of Rodgers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"IX 10, John rodgers, a captain in the United States navy. ... IX 20, Frederick
rodgers. IX 21, Henry rodgers, a lieutenant in the United States navy ..."
2. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer MAHAN (1905)
"rodgers retained his own ship, the "President," with the frigate "Congress;" ...
In announcing his departure, rodgers wrote the Department that he expected ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the District of by Franklin Hubbell Mackey, District of Columbia Supreme Court, Charles Cowles Tucker (1883)
"He was approached by the defendant, rodgers, and urged to trade ; this he ...
The defendant Hunter, who was an acquaintance and associate of rodgers, ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"rodgers, who soon found himself in a very critical position. ... rodgers commanded
the frigate Congress, 38, in the squadron employed against Tripoli under ..."
5. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1858)
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ; they rest from their labours, and
their works do follow them.' " JOHN rodgers, D. D* 1747—1811. ..."
6. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1908)
"There was further evidence showing that the defendant, Wm. rodgers, sold articles
of cutlery bearing substantially the prohibited mark. ..."
7. History of the Portrait Collection, Independence National Historical Park by Doris Devine Fanelli, Karie Diethorn (2001)
"2 Later, die artist asked rodgers to award his grandson a naval ... In 1815,
President James Madison appointed rodgers to die Board of Navy Commissioners. ..."
8. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1872)
"John rodgers, the father of the defendant Wm. rodgers, deposed that he had
manufactured cutlery ever since the year 1821, on his own account, and afterwards ..."
Other Resources:
