Whitney (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
  2. U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
  3. U.S. geologist.
  4. U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
  5. a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4,418 meters).
  6. a male given name.
noun
  1. a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
noun
  1. Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts
  2. William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)
Whitney (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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