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Definition of Bethune
1. Noun. United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethune
Literary usage of Bethune
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"FE Bethune, JOHN ELLIOT DRINK- WATER (1801-1851), an eminent Indian legislator
and educationist, was the eldest son of Lieutenant-colonel John Drinkwater ..."
2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1869)
"5°74 Bethune. Thoughts upon the Clergy Reserve question as now agitated: in a
Letter to ... 5075 Bethune (GW) The Claims of our Country on its Literary Men. ..."
3. The American Pulpit: Sketches, Biographical and Descriptive, of Living by Henry Fowler (1856)
"THE father of Dr. Bethune, an eminent philanthropist and Christian, ... Before a
Tract Society was formed in this country, Mr. Bethune printed ten thousand ..."
4. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"He died July 3, 1783, iu the 53d year of his age. Bethune ... It was derived from
Bethune, a town in French Flanders. ..."
5. Pulpit Eloquence of the Nineteenth Century: Being Supplementary to the by Henry Clay Fish, Edwards Amasa Park (1871)
"He was the only son of Mr. Divie Bethune, a native of Ross-shire, Scotland, ...
Mrs. Joanna Bethune was very active in founding the Widows' Society and the ..."
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