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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Family of actors, including Junius Brutus (1796–1852), a British-born Shakespearean actor who in 1821 immigrated to the United States, and his sons Edwin Thomas (1833–1893), noted for his portrayal of Hamlet, and John Wilkes (1838–1865), the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • William,British religious reformer, who founded the Salvation Army (1878) with his wife, Catherine Mumford Booth (1829–1890), and served as its first general (1878–1912).

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  • proper noun A surname.

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