/pawr"teuhr, pohr"-/ , n.
1. Cole , 1893-1964, U.S. composer.
2. David , 1780-1843, U.S. naval officer.
3. his son, David Dixon /dik"seuhn/ , 1813-91, Union naval officer in the Civil War.
4. Gene ( Gene Stratton Porter ), 1868-1924, U.S. novelist.
5. Sir George , born 1920, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
6. Katherine Anne , 1890-1980, U.S. writer.
7. Noah , 1811-92, U.S. educator, writer, and lexicographer.
8. Rodney Robert , 1917-85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1972.
9. William Sydney ( "O. Henry" ), 1862-1910, U.S. short-story writer.
10. a male given name.