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Whitmanite

Whitmanite adjective: of or relating to the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

Adjective

Whitmanite (comparative more Whitmanite, superlative most Whitmanite)

  1. Of or relating to the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

Noun

Whitmanite (plural Whitmanites)

  1. An admirer or imitator of American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).
    • Did I not dispute a whole afternoon with another young man about the necessity for character, only to learn at the end of it that he didn't know what character was. He supposed it was 'something narrow and priggish—like what deacons used to be' And he, mind you, was in his twenties, and claimed...1911 February, Cornelia A. P. Comer, “A Letter to the Rising Generation”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022
    • [Walt] Whitman gave [Edward] Carpenter a letter of introduction to his fan, Dr Richard Maurice Bucke and he set off, across the vast Lake Erie, to meet the Canadian Whitmanite, who was in charge of an insane asylum in the town of London.2008, Sheila Rowbotham, “Becoming a Socialist”, in Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, published 2009, →ISBN, page 81
    Synonyms:
    Whitmanian

Synonyms of Whitmanite

Forms of Whitmanite

Adjective
comparativemore Whitmanite
superlativemost Whitmanite
Noun
pluralWhitmanites

Origin of Whitmanite

From Whitman + -ite.

Questions about Whitmanite

What does Whitmanite mean?
Whitmanite means of or relating to the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).
What part of speech is Whitmanite?
Whitmanite can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Whitmanite in the dictionary

  1. Whitmanian
  2. Whitmanians
  3. Whitmanic
  4. Whitmanish
  5. Whitmanism
  6. Whitmanite
  7. Whitmanites
  8. Whitmanize
  9. Whitmanized
  10. Whitmanizes
  11. Whitmanizing

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