Definition of Garfield

1. Noun. 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881).


Definition of Garfield

1. Proper noun. (non-gloss definition An English surname, thought to be habitational.) ¹

2. Proper noun. James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garfield

Gardenburger
Gardenburgers
Gardener
Gardenia augusta
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardens of Eden
Gardiner
Gardner
Gardner's syndrome
Gardner-Diamond syndrome
Gardnerella vaginitis
Gardnerian
Gardners
Gareth
Garfield (current term)
Garg
Gargalianoi
Garge
Gariel's pessary
Garifuna
Garifune
Garinagu
Garland
Garland's triangle
Garnett
Garnier
Garonne
Garonne River
Garratt

Literary usage of Garfield

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

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1895)
"EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH LA.WFORD REGISTERS, WHICH BEGIN 1575. 1577 April 20 Robert Garfield sou of Robert Garfield 1580 Oct. 18 ..."

2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"19, 1831, in Bedford, Orange township, Cuyahoga Co., O. He was the youngest son of Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, the latter of French Huguenot stock, ..."

3. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"President Garfield in his inaugural address promised full and equal protection of the ... James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur were publicly inaugurated ..."

4. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"IN the latter part of November, 1880, General Garfield came to Washington ... Garfield came to my house directly from Elaine's and informed me that he had ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Garfield, James Abram, 20th President of the United States : b. ... Garfield s boyhood was passed amid the harsh but by no means destitute conditions of ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"Electrical Fume Precipitation at Garfield BY WH HOWARD, Garfield, ... 's smelter at Garfield, Utah, it was found that a considerable amount of lead fume was ..."

7. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1895)
"EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH LA.WFORD REGISTERS, WHICH BEGIN 1575. 1577 April 20 Robert Garfield sou of Robert Garfield 1580 Oct. 18 ..."

8. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"19, 1831, in Bedford, Orange township, Cuyahoga Co., O. He was the youngest son of Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, the latter of French Huguenot stock, ..."

9. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"President Garfield in his inaugural address promised full and equal protection of the ... James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur were publicly inaugurated ..."

10. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"IN the latter part of November, 1880, General Garfield came to Washington ... Garfield came to my house directly from Elaine's and informed me that he had ..."

11. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Garfield, James Abram, 20th President of the United States : b. ... Garfield s boyhood was passed amid the harsh but by no means destitute conditions of ..."

12. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"Electrical Fume Precipitation at Garfield BY WH HOWARD, Garfield, ... 's smelter at Garfield, Utah, it was found that a considerable amount of lead fume was ..."

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