Whit·man (hw t m n, wt-), Marcus 1802-1847. American frontier missionary and physician who with his wife Narcissa Prentiss (1808-1847) established a missionary post in the Oregon region (1836). |
| Whitman, Walt 1819-1892. American poet whose great work Leaves of Grass (first published 1855), written in unconventional meter and rhyme, celebrates the self, death as a process of life, universal brotherhood, and the greatness of democracy and the United States. |
Whitman [ˈwɪtmən]
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(Biographies / Whitman, Walt(er) (1819-1892) M, US, WRITING: poet) Walt(er). 1819-92, US poet, whose life's work is collected in Leaves of Grass (1855 and subsequent enlarged editions). His poems celebrate existence and the multiple elements that make up a democratic society
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| Noun | 1. |  Whitman - United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892) |
| 2. |  Whitman - United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847) |
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