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Definition of Meriwether Lewis
1. Noun. United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meriwether Lewis
Literary usage of Meriwether Lewis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Meriwether Lewis.1 Meriwether Lewis, late Governor of Louisiana.was born'on the
18th of August, 1774, near the town of Charlottesville, in the county of ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"TO CAPTAIN Meriwether Lewis. WASHINGTON, January 22, 1804. DEAR SIR,—My letters
since your departure have been of July nth and 15th, November 16th, ..."
3. Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States Till it by Rufus Blanchard (1903)
"Captain Meriwether Lewis was murdered and robbed while on his way to Washington,
DC, by Joshua Grinder, October 11, 1809, in what is now the county of Lewis ..."
4. Stepping Stones to Literature: A Reader for Seventh Grades by Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1898)
"Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark. Among the great discoverers who made
known to the world the wonders of the West, two men stand pre-eminent. ..."
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