THOREAU

Meaning of THOREAU in English

Pronunciation: th ə - ' r ō , tho ̇ -; ' tho ̇ r-( ˌ ) ō , ' th ə r-( ˌ ) ō

Function: biographical name

Henry David 1817-1862 orig. David Henry Thoreau American writer

– Tho · reau · vi · an \ th ə - ' r ō -v ē - ə n, tho ̇ - \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

THOREAU — biographical name Henry David 1817-1862 originally David Henry ~ American writer, ~vian adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THOREAU — — Thoreauvian /theuh roh"vee euhn/ , adj. /theuh roh", thawr"oh, thohr"oh/ , n. Henry David , 1817-62, U.S. naturalist and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THOREAU — n. family name; Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American naturalist and transcendentalist philosopher, author of "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience"
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THOREAU — biographical name Henry David 1817-1862 originally David Henry Thoreau American writer • Tho·reau·vi·an thə-ˈrō-vē-ən, thȯ- adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THOREAU — Thoreau BrE AmE ˈθɔːr əʊ θɔː ˈrəʊ, θə- AmE \ θə ˈroʊ θɔː-; ˈθɔːr oʊ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THOREAU — Tho ‧ reau, Henry David /ˈθɔːrəʊ $ θəˈrəʊ/ BrE AmE (1817–62) a US writer and ↑ philosopher best known for …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THOREAU — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: New Mexico (NM) Total Population (2000): 1863 Total Housing Units (2000): 599 Land …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
THOREAU — (1817–62) a US writer and poet who believed strongly in the rights of individual people. As an experiment he lived …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
THOREAU — Thoreau
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THOREAU — Thoreau
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THOREAU — n. Торо
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THOREAU — n. Торо
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THOREAU — Thoreau
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THOREAU — Thoreau
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID — born July 12, 1817, Concord, Mass., U.S. died May 6, 1862, Concord U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist. Thoreau graduated from …
Английский словарь Британика
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID — born July 12, 1817, Concord, Mass., U.S. died May 6, 1862, Concord American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, renowned for …
Britannica English vocabulary
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID — Tho ‧ reau, Henry David /ˈθɔːrəʊ $ θəˈrəʊ/ BrE AmE (1817–62) a US writer and ↑ philosopher best known for …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID — born July 12, 1817, Concord, Mass., U.S. died May 6, 1862, Concord U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist. Thoreau graduated from …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HENRY DAVID THOREAU — ➡ Thoreau
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CONCORD — I City (pop., 2000: 121,780), western California, U.S. Located near San Francisco , it was laid out in 1868 as …
Английский словарь Британика
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE — or passive resistance Refusal to obey government demands or commands and nonresistance to consequent arrest and punishment. It is used …
Английский словарь Британика
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE — or New England Renaissance Period from the 1830s roughly until the end of the American Civil War in which U.S. …
Английский словарь Британика
OBSCURE — I. əbzˈkyu̇(ə)r, (ˈ)äbz|k-, -bˈsk-, -b|sk-, -u̇ə adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French obscur, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THOREAUVIAN — thəˈrōvēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Henry David Thoreau died 1862 American writer + English -v- (as in peruvian ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALDEN POND — small pond (about 64 acres [26 hectares]) in Concord town (township), Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies just south …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRANSCENDENTALISM — 19th-century movement of writers and philosophers in New England who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system …
Britannica English vocabulary
SANBORN, FRANKLIN BENJAMIN — born Dec. 15, 1831, Hampton Falls, N.H., U.S. died Feb. 24, 1917, Plainfield, N.J. American journalist, biographer, and charity worker. …
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IVES, CHARLES (EDWARD) — born Oct. 20, 1874, Danbury, Conn., U.S. died May 19, 1954, New York City significant American composer who is known …
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CONCORD — city, seat of Cabarrus county, south-central North Carolina, U.S., in the Piedmont region. The name emanates from the amicable settlement …
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CONCORD — n. Town (pop., 2000: 16,993), eastern Massachusetts, U.S. Founded in 1635, it was the first inland Puritan settlement. In 1775 …
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