Definition of John Bartlett

1. Noun. United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905).

Exact synonyms: Bartlett
Generic synonyms: Publisher

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Bartlett

Johansson gauge
John's cabbage
John-a-dreams
John Adams
John Addington Symonds
John Amos Comenius
John Anthony Ciardi
John Augustus Roebling
John Bach McMaster
John Bardeen
John Barleycorn
John Barrington Wain
John Barrymore
John Barth
John Bartlett (current term)
John Bernoulli
John Berry Hobbs
John Birks Gillespie
John Broadus Watson
John Brown
John Bull
John Bunyan
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
John Burgoyne
John C. Fremont
John Cabot
John Cage
John Calvin
John Chapman

Literary usage of John Bartlett

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

1. Publications by Cambridge Historical Society (Mass.) (1906)
"W. DALLINGER ) The special subject of the evening was " Reminiscences of John Bartlett." THE CHAIRMAN: I well remember as a boy, living in Berkeley Street, ..."

2. Publications by Niagara Historical Society (1902)
"John Bartlett ye son of John Bartlett & (blank) his wife was Baptized Aug. ... Robert Bartlett ye s. of John Bartlett and Easter his wife was Born Decb ye ..."

3. Baltimore: Its History and Its People by Clayton Colman Hall, Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1912)
"(IV) John Bartlett born 1742, died 1783; married Susanna, ... (VI) John Bartlett, born 1805, died 1852; married Sarah Pascall. daughter of John Kemp, ..."

4. History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient by Oliver Ayer Roberts (1897)
"11, 1767, Mr. John Bartlett (1769) prayed of the selectmen "leave to break ... Mr. Drake locates and describes the residence of Dr. John Bartlett (1769) in ..."

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