Bartlett

¹ American  

[bahrt-lit] / ˈbɑrt lɪt /

noun

Horticulture.

1. a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear.

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Bartlett ² American  

[bahrt-lit] / ˈbɑrt lɪt /

noun

1. John, 1820–1905, U.S. publisher: compiled Familiar Quotations.

2. John Russell, 1805–86, U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.

3. Josiah, 1729–95, U.S. physician and statesman.

4. Paul Wayland, 1865–1925, U.S. sculptor.

5. Robert Abram, 1875–1946, U.S. Arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.

6. Vernon, 1894–1983, English writer.

7. a town in southwestern Tennessee.

8. a town in northeastern Illinois.

9. a first name, form of Bartholomew.

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Bartlett British  

/ ˈbɑːtlɪt /

noun

1. the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears

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Etymology

Origin of Bartlett

1825–35, so named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Mass.

Example Sentences

By early Monday afternoon, she had pushed deeper into the county to west of the community of Bartlett, said Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Along with Dr Andrew Bartlett form the University of Sheffield, Lewis spent three years interviewing believers, academics and sceptics for their recent book Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The team located them using a new computational tool called Conservatory, developed through collaboration among the laboratories of Idan Efroni at Hebrew University, Madelaine Bartlett at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, and Zachary Lippman at CSHL.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Capital spending in Canada’s energy sector remains an important driver of overall business investment, and lower oil prices and uncertainty are likely to limit investment, Bartlett says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

She waves her phone, where I can just make out the headline from the Bartlett Dirt.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven