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bartlett
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bartlett has 3 senses
- bartlett(n = noun.person) captain bob, robert abram bartlett, robert bartlett - United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946); Array is a kind of adventurer, explorer
- bartlett(n = noun.person) john bartlett - United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905); Array is a kind of publisher
- bartlett(n = noun.food) bartlett pear - juicy yellow pear; Array is a kind of pear
CIDE DICTIONARY
bartlett, n.
A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien . It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett , of Dorchester, Massachusetts. [1913 Webster]
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