Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow 1823-1911. American writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1862-1864). He wrote many biographies, including volumes on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier (both 1902), and edited the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Wiktionary
- n. A patronymic surname.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
Etymologies
- From Higgin + -son. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Captain Higginson clamoured wildly for an injunction.”
“But Ah Chun's word went forth, as a whisper, and Captain Higginson forgot his rear-admiralship and his high family and took to wife three hundred thousand dollars and a refined and cultured girl who was one thirty-second Polynesian, one-sixteenth Italian, one - sixteenth Portuguese, eleven thirty-seconds English and Yankee, and one-half Chinese.”
“Higginson is scheduled to earn $11 million next season, and $8.5 million in 2004 and 2005, but is willing to defer any money needed to get out.”
“… Tigers outfielder Bobby Higginson is pleading to be traded and would love for manager Luis Pujols to be fired.”
“The problem is, Higginson is Detroit's best all-around hitter and one of its best run producers.”
“Detroit's Bobby Higginson is now looking at a post-All-Star break return. ...”
“Higginson is 6-for-6 in the first two games of the series.”
“But Ah Chun's word went forth, as a whisper, and Captain Higginson forgot his rear-admiralship and his high family and took to wife three hundred thousand dollars and a refined and cultured girl who was one thirty-second Polynesian, one-sixteenth Italian, one-sixteenth”
“That will fetch that Captain Higginson and his high family along with him.”
“Captain Higginson clamored wildly for an injunction.”
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