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Definition of Four-minute man
1. Noun. Someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes.
Specialized synonyms: Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, John Walker, Walker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-minute Man
Literary usage of Four-minute man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Wayne County in the World War and in the Wars of the Past by Edward Harry Hauenstein (1919)
"Each Four-Minute man constructed his own address, getting his information from
bulletins furnished for each campaign by the Committee on Public Information. ..."
2. What Every American Should Know about the War: A Series of Studies by the edited by Montaville Flowers (1918)
"... arriving late for my daily duties, and addressed sixty-five people. That same
night, one block away, the local Four Minute Man, who left home after ..."
3. Who's who in Finance and Banking by John William Leonard (1922)
"Member of county committee on Liberty Loan Drives, also a Four Minute Man. Dir.
School District No. 4 Dolores Public Schools. Knight of Pythias. ..."
4. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"Judge Koch and his son Roscoe R. were very active in conducting Liberty Loan
campaigns and similar drives at home, and Judge Koch was a four minute man. ..."
5. United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War by Paul Benjamin Williams, George W. Grupp, John A. Ferris (1921)
"... hundreds of "movie" houses in New York, and the other pins, one for each Four
Minute Man. Brooklyn proved a trial of patience for its street system (? ..."
6. United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War by Paul Benjamin Williams, George W. Grupp, John A. Ferris (1921)
"... hundreds of "movie" houses in New York, and the other pins, one for each Four
Minute Man. Brooklyn proved a trial of patience for its street system (? ..."
7. United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War by Paul Benjamin Williams, George W. Grupp, John A. Ferris (1921)
"... hundreds of "movie" houses in New York, and the other pins, one for each Four
Minute Man. Brooklyn proved a trial of patience for its street system (? ..."
8. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by Charles Newell Boyd, Waldo Selden Pratt (1920)
"During the war as a 'Four-Minute Man' he addressed over 300000 people. [ R.8 ]
COOMBS, CHARLES WHITNEY (Dec. ..."
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