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JOHN BARTLETT
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• JOHN BARTLETT (noun)
The noun JOHN BARTLETT has 1 sense:
1. United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
Familiarity information: JOHN BARTLETT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bartlett; John Bartlett
Instance hypernyms:
publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)
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