Definition of Joseph McCarthy

1. Noun. United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Haydn
Joseph Heller
Joseph Henry
Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc
Joseph Hooker
Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
Joseph Joachim
Joseph John Thomson
Joseph Lincoln Steffens
Joseph Lister
Joseph Louis Barrow
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Joseph M. Jacquard
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Joseph McCarthy (current term)
Joseph Oliver
Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Joseph Paxton
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Smith
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Warren Stilwell
Joseph ben Matthias
Joseph knife
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Literary usage of Joseph McCarthy

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

1. A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut by Benjamin Tinkham Marshall (1922)
"The parents of Bartholomew Joseph McCarthy were Jeremiah and Margaret (Hennessey) McCarthy, natives of County Waterford, Ireland, where the former was for ..."

2. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-memorial, Representative by American Historical Society, Samuel Hart (1917)
"The city of Waterbury, Connecticut, for instance, has been the home of many such successful men, prominent among whom stands Daniel Joseph McCarthy, ..."

3. Life of David Belden by John J. Berry (1891)
"Joseph McCarthy was thrown from the saloon. You had no difficulty in not only repelling any assault he would make, but in absolutely disarming him and ..."

4. History of Santa Clara County, California by J. P. Munro-Fraser (1881)
"In the month of May, 1853, Joseph McCarthy located that tract of land now the property of the Lone Hill Vineyard, but continued his residence in the City of ..."

5. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"The complaint alleges that the defendant, a New York corporation, entered into a contract of employment in the state of New Jersey with one Joseph McCarthy; ..."

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