Definition of Grahame

1. Noun. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).

Exact synonyms: Kenneth Grahame
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grahame

Graeme
Graf Zeppelin
Graffi's virus
Graham
Graham's law
Graham-Cole test
Graham Greene
Graham Little syndrome
Graham biscuit
Graham biscuits
Graham bread
Graham breads
Graham cracker
Graham crackers
Grahame (current term)
Grahamella
Grainger
Gram's iodine
Gram's method
Gram's procedure
Gram's solution
Gram's stain
Gram-negative
Gram-positive
Gram method
Gram stain
Gram staining
Gramicidin A
Graminaceae

Literary usage of Grahame

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

1. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1887)
"James Grahame was a Scotchman, born in 1790, an advocate at the Scottish bar, and a writer for the reviews. By his religious and political training he had ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"31 BEWICK AND Grahame Old Grahame he is to Carlisle gone, Where Sir Robert ... Old Grahame he took up the cup, And said, ' Brother Bewick, here's to thee, ..."

3. The Manuscripts of J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale by John James Hope-Johnstone, William Johnstone Annandale, William Lindsay Crawford, William Fraser (1897)
"Grahame of the Mote, Robert Grahame of the Fauld, ... Arthur Grahame of Blawat, Richard Grahame in Sark alias Plump, Fargus Grahame, ..."

4. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"Old Grahame he is to Carlisle gone, Where Sir Robert Bewick there met he ; In arms to the ... Old Grahame he took up the cup, And said, ' Brother Bewick, ..."

5. English Poetry: In Three Volumes ; with Introduction and Notes (1910)
"Old Grahame he took up the cup, And said, ' Brother Bewick, here's to thee, And here's to our two sons at home, For they live best in our country' ' Nay, ..."

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