Gardner
Americannoun
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Erle Stanley 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
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Dame Helen (Louise), 1908–86, British educator and literary critic.
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Isabella Stewart, 1840–1924, U.S. art collector.
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John (Champlin, Jr.) 1933–82, U.S. novelist and critic.
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John W(illiam), 1912–2002, U.S. educator and author: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1965–68.
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a city in N Massachusetts.
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a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “gardener.”
noun
Example Sentences
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The complex, called Avant Gardner, began to host some of the world’s most famous electronic musicians, and throngs of New Yorkers came to revel in the atmosphere.
“Even though this data is now a few months old, it shows that the Federal Reserve’s inflation problem is far from solved,” said Rick Gardner, chief investment officer at RGA Investments in Raleigh, N.C.
From MarketWatch
Corinna Gardner, senior curator of design and digital at the V&A, said the snapshot of YouTube's early days marked an "important moment in the history of the internet and digital design".
From BBC
Years later, co-star Shirley Jones said Sinatra actually quit to be with his wife, Ava Gardner, who had threatened to have an affair with Clark Gable.
This show looks at photographs of Gardner—both consciously staged and candid, and drawn from all periods of her life—to try to create a fuller picture of the woman and her intellect.
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