Definition of Stephen foster

1. Noun. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864).

Exact synonyms: Foster, Stephen Collins Foster
Generic synonyms: Ballad Maker, Songster, Songwriter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stephen Foster

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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas
Stephen Butler Leacock
Stephen Collins Foster
Stephen Crane
Stephen Decatur
Stephen Foster
Stephen Girard
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Michael Reich
Stephen Samuel Wise
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Spender
Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen William Hawking
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Stephie

Literary usage of Stephen foster

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

1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1824)
"Seeing a gay gentleman, one stephen foster, revelling at a dicing house, ... stephen foster tías, at the opening of a play, a Brother Foster (not a ..."

2. The Fleet: Its River, Prison, and Marriages by John Ashton (1888)
"Her Riches and his Industry brought him both great Wealth and Honour, being afterwards no less than Sir stephen foster, Lord Mayor of the Honourable City of ..."

3. Stephen Collins Foster: A Biography of America's Folk-song Composer by Harold Vincent Milligan (1920)
"... and to dispose of many of the legends and faulty reminiscences which have flourished of late years. His collaboration with stephen foster ..."

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