STEWART

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• STEWART (noun)
  The noun STEWART has 2 senses:

1. United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

2. Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)

  Familiarity information: STEWART used as a noun is rare.

• STEWART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Maitland Stewart; Jimmy Stewart; Stewart

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dugald Stewart; Stewart

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

 Context examples 

The associated very dim gas cloud remained unknown until the 1950s, when American astronomer Stewart Sharpless spotted it on photographs.

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

You may have some recollection of the death of Mrs. Stewart, of Lauder, in 1887.

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

One other detail of interest was remembered by Jane Stewart, the housemaid.

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

They sledded seventy miles up the Yukon, swung to the left into the Stewart River, passed the Mayo and the McQuestion, and held on until the Stewart itself became a streamlet, threading the upstanding peaks which marked the backbone of the continent.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The blinds were not down, for the room was seldom used in the evening, but Mrs. Barclay herself lit the lamp and then rang the bell, asking Jane Stewart, the housemaid, to bring her a cup of tea, which was quite contrary to her usual habits.

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