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Definition of Charles Liston
1. Noun. United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Liston
Literary usage of Charles Liston
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1888)
"Compton Reade and Mr. Charles Liston Reade, two near relatives of the novelist.
The volume is uniform with Harper's library edition of Charles Reade's ..."
2. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1884)
"The author, when he finished the novel a few months ago, told his godson, Mr.
Charles Liston, " This will be my last novel ; put at the end, ' The curtain ..."
3. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the by John Burke (1832)
"Frimont, General Baron. Granville, Viscount. Heytesbury, Lord. Lamb, Right Hon.
Frederick-Charles. Liston, Right Hon. Sir Robert. Paget, Right Hon. ..."
4. A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions by Frederick Marryat (1839)
"Charles Liston was brought out and arraigned, pro forma. He was a dark negro.
Clerk. Liston, what have you to say why judgment, &c. ..."
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