Definition of Stevenson

1. Noun. Scottish author (1850-1894).


2. Noun. United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968).
Exact synonyms: Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson
Generic synonyms: Diplomat, Diplomatist

Definition of Stevenson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stevenson

Sterope
Stesichorus
Stetson
Steuben
Steve
Steve Martin
Steve Reich
Steven
Steven Spielberg
Steven Weinberg
Stevenage
Stevens
Stevens' law
Stevens' power law
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stevenson (current term)
Steves
Stevie
Steward
Stewart
Stewie
Sth
Stheno
Stichaeidae
Sticherus
Sticherus flabellatus
Stick
Sticks
Stictomys

Literary usage of Stevenson

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Stevenson, John James, 1841- At the second-hand-clothes mart. ... Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. M. O'Neill 271: 332-43, 31)8-407. N. 11-18, '11. ..."

2. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Catalogue of a Collection of Books of RL Stevenson in the Library of GM Williamson. NV, 1901. 8vo. CL, L., Nov. 25, '19. (1267) $6.50. ..."

3. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1904)
"362 Woodcut hy Stevenson . . . „ 362 Robert Louis Stevenson ... 364 Letter from Stevenson . . to face page 364 A Note found among Stevenson,s Papers page ..."

4. The Bookman (1898)
"Sir Walter, though the antipodes of Stevenson in manner, complexion and build, ... Clyde for some seasons and cruised among the Western Isles. Stevenson ..."

5. The Century by Bim Sherman (1899)
"It would now be natural for him, in shifting it, to intrench himself behind Stevenson. And he finds Mr. Chapman waiting for him there with a declaration ..."

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