Lovejoy

[ luhv-joi ]

noun

1. Elijah P(arish), 1802–37, U.S. abolitionist and newspaper editor.

Example Sentences

Former London Irish prop Lovejoy Chawatama replaces the departed Kyle Sinckler, but it will be the arrival of Fijian back-row 'Bill' Mata that excites the fans, though he'll miss the start of the season with a hamstring injury.

From BBC

He admired the preachers he heard as a child, especially at Lovejoy Baptist Church, his home congregation.

From Seattle Times

Believing he had to hide his sexual identity in order to pursue that calling, he began dating a girl at Lovejoy.

From Seattle Times

Abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a proslavery mob in Alton, Illinois.

From Literature

As for Bernadette, there’s not much Lovejoy can do with the gruff, felonious lesbian deployed by Fillinger more as a comic device than a dimensional figure.

From Los Angeles Times