bartlett

Definition of Bartlett in English :

United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

2. bartlett, john bartlett

United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)

3. bartlett, bartlett pear

juicy yellow pear

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bartlett

noun

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

John1820-1905; U.S. editor & publisher: compiler of a book of quotations

American explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary's polar expedition (1909) and led numerous other Arctic voyages.

American publisher and editor who compiled Familiar Quotations (1855) and a Shakespearean concordance (1894).

n.

A widely grown variety of pear with yellowish skin and soft, juicy white flesh, eaten fresh or often canned.