Definition of Robertson

1. Noun. United States basketball guard (born in 1938).

Exact synonyms: Oscar Palmer Robertson, Oscar Robertson
Generic synonyms: Guard

Definition of Robertson

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robertson

Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Tyre Jones
Robert Van de Graaff
Robert Venturi
Robert Walpole
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Robert William Service
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert the Bruce
Roberta
Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine
Roberts
Roberts syndrome
Robertshaw tube
Robertson
Robertson pupil
Robertson screw
Robertson screwdriver
Robertsonian translocation
Robeson
Robeson Channel
Robespierre
Robespierrean
Robey
Robin
Robin's syndrome
Robin Goodfellow
Robin Hood
Robinia hispida

Literary usage of Robertson

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"robertson was directed to invite the marquis to avail himself of the assistance ... robertson turned Bulwer's observation to excellent account in Germany, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"He gives the details of the proposition which he said was made to him by robertson, and which he said he accepted. He states that when the proposition was ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1866)
"Captain robertson, not knowing what the social effect of that movement might be, ... By Archdeacon Williams young robertson was treated with great, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"In the spring of 1800, the plaintiff applied to robertson, who was then about to sail for the coast of Africa, for orders ; who declined giving him any, ..."

5. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"robertson possessed signal energy and elevation of character; he did not shrink from ... In his own age robertson was held the equal of Hume and of Gibbon, ..."

6. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap (1834)
"Mr. Alexander robertson associated with his brother in this institution, ... In 1816 Mr. robertson was elected secretary to the American Academy of Fine ..."

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