Galt

/ ɡɔːlt /

noun

1. GaltJohn17791839MScottishWRITING: novelist John. 1779–1839, Scottish novelist, noted for his ironic humour, esp in Annals of the Parish (1821), The Provost (1822), and The Entail (1823)

Example Sentences

There are already wind turbines atop the butte, built by the landowning Galt family with Borgquist’s help.

From Los Angeles Times

In a nod to his libertarian leanings, Heywood registered the ranch with the state as “Galt Valley Ranch LLC” after John Galt, a character in Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged,” which promotes the virtues of unrestrained capitalism.

From Seattle Times

Did Ted Sarandos see himself as some modern-day John Galt, summoning the already wildly successful to a cinematic version of Ayn Rand’s Galt’s Gulch where they could work free from restrictions and “looter” mentality while the rest of civilization collapsed?

From Los Angeles Times

On New Year’s Day, I drove through the flood waters near Galt to get home.

From Slate

In 1896, she married the successful, if unexciting, owner of a thriving jewelry store who was almost a decade older than the new Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt.

From Washington Post