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BUCHANAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
15th President of the United States (1791-1868)
Synonyms:
Buchanan; James Buchanan; President Buchanan
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
Context examples:
Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy's name.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"And Mr. Thomas Buchanan, the athlete?" I inquired.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Her husband said "Sh! " and we all looked at the subject again whereupon Tom Buchanan yawned audibly and got to his feet.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
That force took shape in the middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan. There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered. Doubtless there was a certain struggle and a certain relief. The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the caught wind died out about the room and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little and he looked at Gatsby and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Before I could reply that he was my neighbor dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
