Definition of Greeley

1. Noun. United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872).

Exact synonyms: Horace Greeley
Generic synonyms: Journalist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greeley

Greek valerian
Greek yogurt
Greeker
Greekess
Greekesses
Greekest
Greekish
Greekless
Greeklessness
Greeklike
Greekling
Greeklings
Greeklish
Greekness
Greeks
Greeley
Green
Green's function
Green's theorem
Green Bay
Green Beret
Green Berets
Green Goddess
Green Goddesses
Green Line
Green Monday
Green Mountain State
Green Party
Green River
Green algae

Literary usage of Greeley

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

1. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"1899. arton, J. The Life of Horace greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune. ... 1873. roceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace greeley at ..."

2. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1884)
"At this time there was friendly intercourse between Mr. greeley and Mr. Weed, nor did anybody suppose that Mr. greeley was not on good terms with Governor ..."

3. History of the United States of America by Henry William Elson, Charles Henry Hart (1905)
"HORACE greeley The great editor of the New York Tribune was the most conspicuous man in the country next to President Grant; and while Grant had but ..."

4. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"CONTEST BETWEEN GRANT AND greeley. — CHARACTER OF MR. greeley. ... greeley. rI iHE Presidential canvass of 1872 was anomalous in its char- JL acter. ..."

5. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"The one was Horace greeley of the New York Tribune, and the other Erastus Brooks, of the New York Express, as I learned from a Senator that sat by me. ..."

6. The Liberal Republican Movement by Earle Dudley Ross (1910)
"The NY World, with its strong anti-greeley bias, thus analyzed the southern press (May 14): SC, Tenn., and Mo. enthusiastically and almost unanimously for ..."

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