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BRADSTREET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)

Synonyms:

Anne Bradstreet; Anne Dudley Bradstreet; Bradstreet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Inspector Bradstreet would, I am sure, make notes upon anything which you might tell us and submit it to the proper authorities.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ah, Bradstreet, how are you?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inspector Bradstreet, sir.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)