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

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

Bartlett said: "I always hoped that we'd get to tell the final part of Gemma's story, which is about a woman seeking justice in an unfair world."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Marsh said he had no concerns over what will be a fairly inexperienced pace attack also featuring Xavier Bartlett and Ben Dwarshuis, who was a last-minute replacement for Cummins.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Of all the people I could have “saved,” Theodore Finch is the worst possible choice because he’s a Bartlett legend.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven