CURTIS


Meaning of CURTIS in English

/kerr"tis/ , n.

1. Benjamin Robbins , 1809-74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851-57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.

2. Charles , 1860-1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929-33.

3. Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar /herr"meuhn koch"mahr/ , 1850-1933, U.S. publisher.

4. George Ticknor /tik"neuhr/ , 1812-94, U.S. attorney and writer.

5. George William , 1824-92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer.

6. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning "courteous."

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .