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Definition of Corbett

1. Noun. United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corbett

Literary usage of Corbett

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"It is there said that William Corbett, who adopted the mode of writing his ... It seems to have been at this juncture that Corbett went for the first time ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"Corbett. Myself, his security sent for me to the Rainbow coffee-bouse. ... Corbett. it was at his own iei|Uist. Corbett. Till he died, which was on the 12th ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"At his residence, Longnor Hall, Shropshire, after a protracted illness, aged 70, Panton Corbett, esq. a magistrate for the counties of Salop and Montgomery. ..."

4. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1874)
"Elizabeth Corbett died in 1825, and William Thompson Corbett in 1832; and upon the death of the latter Thomas George Corbett entered into possession of the ..."

5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"Corbett. Myself, his security sent for me to the Rainbow coffee-house. Sol. ... Corbett. Till he died, which was on the 12th of December following. Sol. ..."

6. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"On the 26th of June, AD, a writ of Habeas Corpus was issued out of the Court of Queen's Bench, directed to James Smith and Margaret Corbett, commanding them ..."

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