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Definition of Mahan
1. Noun. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahan
Literary usage of Mahan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"mahan was appointed in 1850 by the governor of Virginia a member of the board of
... mahan was associated in the editorship of the latest edition of his ..."
2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1879)
"John B. mahan, for Felony, in the Mason Circuit Court of Kentucky . ... mahan.
... Sermon in Memory of the Right Reverend George Washington Doane, ..."
3. A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"He joined mahan Singh, and easily procured the aid of Sansar Chand, the grandson of
... mahan Singh now became the most influential chief in the Punjab, ..."
4. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"DH mahan. 1 vol., with numerous large plates. Revised and edited by Col. JB Wheeler.
... mahan. New edition, with largo additions and 12 plates. 1 vol. ..."
5. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"mahan had the hypokinetic temperament which is so common among the Irish.
This appears clearly hi the following self-revelation: " While I have no ..."
6. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1868)
"Dr. mahan has followed the bad example of Hamil- * The Science of Natural Theology;
or, God the unconditioned cause, ..."
7. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"mahan. 1 vol., with numerous large plates. Revised and edited by Col. JB Wheeler.
... D. П. mahan. New edition, with large additions and 12 plates. 1 vol. ..."
8. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1906)
"With these substantial volumes Captain mahan apparently brings to a conclusion his
... The candid and judicial spirit in which Captain mahan deals with the ..."
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