Definition of Old Hickory

1. Noun. 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Hickory

Old English
Old English Sheepdog
Old English Sheepdogs
Old English sheepdog
Old Etonian
Old Faithful
Old Father Thames
Old Father Time
Old Frankish
Old French
Old Frisian
Old Georgian
Old Glory
Old Greek
Old Harry
Old Hickory (current term)
Old High German
Old IRA
Old Icelandic
Old Ionian
Old Ionic
Old Irish
Old Ironsides
Old Italian
Old Japanese
Old Javanese
Old Korean
Old Latin
Old Line State
Old London Town

Literary usage of Old Hickory

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

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Old Hickory—contd. 1831 " The anti-Kemble Jacksonians of the Fourth Ward," Troy ... 1836 Old Hickory would not get out of the way.. . .to run over issued a ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
""Old Hickory." VON HOLST, the most philosophic historians, when he passes from iod of John Quincy Adams to that successor, is reluctantly compelled re the ..."

3. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1872)
"Ä5* " The name of ' Old Hickory ' was not an instantaneous inspiration, but a growth. First of all, the remark was made by ..."

4. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"A Washington Tradition—"Old Hickory" Erects his Cane—"Put the Building Right Here "—Treasury Corner-Stone Laid—Robert Mills' Discolored Colonnade—Where ..."

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