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Definition: Dickinson

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886).[Wordnet].

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Date "Dickinson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references)

Common Expressions: Dickinson

Expressions Definition
Baron Dickinson Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the Liberal politician Willoughby Hyett Dickinson. His daughter Frances Joan Davidson, Viscountess Davidson was given a life peerage as Baroness Northchurch in 1964. (references)
Becton Dickinson Becton Dickinson (BD)is an American medical equipment maker, headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Their products include syringes, needles, scalpels, diagnostic supplies, and research equipment. Well-known Becton Dickinson brands include ACE bandages, BD Logic, as part of their diabetes line, and Vacutainer. (references)
Brian Dickinson Brian Dickinson (born 1961 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is a two-time Juno Award-winning pianist. Dickinson's CD In Transition was chosen as Best Jazz Recording in 1991, and he was named 1993 Composer of the Year by The Jazz Report. (references)
Charles Dickinson Charles Dickinson (1780-1806), was a 19th Century American known more for his death than any accomplishments in life. Born at Wiltshire Manor, Dickinson grew up in the Grove community of Caroline County, Maryland. He was a successful planter and a popular socialite. At a party near Hillsboro, Maryland at the Daffin House plantation, he met future president Andrew Jackson and struck up a conversation about horse racing. Later the two would meet again when Dickinson had relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. A horse race was set up between the two men, but Dickinson pulled his entry out at the last minute. Enraged, Jackson challenged him to a duel and killed Dickinson on May 30, 1806. (references)
Daniel S. Dickinson Daniel Stevens Dickinson (September 11, 1800 - April 12 1866) was an American politician, most notable as a United States Senator from New York from 1844 to 1851. (references)
Dickinson High School (Dickinson, North Dakota) Dickinson High School is a secondary school located in Dickinson, North Dakota. (references)
Dickinson Homestead The Dickinson Homestead, located at 280 Main Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, was the home of poet Emily Dickinson, and currently is the site of a museum dedicated to her. The home is shown by guided tour, and special events include tours of the adjacent gardens that Emily loved, parties that feature Emily's cakes (including her famous gingerbread), readings, and other events throughout the year. (references)
Dickinson School of Law The Dickinson School of Law is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and is the law school of Pennsylvania State University. It abuts Dickinson College, a private four year liberal arts college. It was founded by John Reed in 1834 making it the fifth oldest law school in the United States and the oldest law school in Pennsylvania. It was associated with Dickinson College up until 1914, when it became completely independent. It remained so for over 80 years, until it became associated with Penn State University in 1997. (references)
Dickinson State University Dickinson State University (DSU) is a four-year public university in Dickinson, North Dakota, a part of the North Dakota University System. It was founded in 1916 as Dickinson Normal School, and granted full university status in 1987. (references)
Dickinson W. Richards Dr. [http://www.geocities.com/med_1982on/richards-bio.html Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr] (October 30, 1895 - February 23, 1973) was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases. (references)
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Extended Definition: Dickinson


Dickinson

For usage of Dickinson as a name, see Dickinson (name).

Dickinson may also refer to:

Place names

  • Dickinson, town in Broome County, New York, USA
  • Dickinson, town in Franklin County, New York, USA
  • Dickinson, city in Stark County, North Dakota, USA
  • Dickinson, city in Galveston County, Texas, USA
  • Dickinson County, Iowa, USA
  • Dickinson County, Kansas, USA
  • Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
  • Dickinson's Landing, ghost town in Ontario, Canada
  • Port Dickinson, village in Broome County, New York, USA

People

  • Bruce Dickinson, British vocalist for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden
  • Carl Dickinson, English footballer
  • Charles Dickinson (historical figure), an American planter fatally wounded by Andrew Jackson
  • Charles Dickinson (writer), an American novelist
  • Emily Dickinson, an American poet
  • John Dickinson (delegate), American Founding Father; lawyer, delegate to the Continental Congress and to the Constitutional Convention, President (i.e., Governor) of Pennsylvania

Other

  • Becton Dickinson, American medical equipment manufacturer
  • Dickinson College, liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Dickinson High School, Dickinson, North Dakota, USA
  • John Dickinson High School, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
  • Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Dickinson State University, public university in Dickinson, North Dakota, USA
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University, university in New Jersey, USA

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Topics by Level of Interest: Dickinson

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Emily Dickinson 94     Alasdair Dickinson 7
Jonathan Dickinson 71     Amy Dickinson 5
Bruce Dickinson 68     Angie Dickinson 28
John Dickinson 68     Anna Elizabeth Dickinson 8
List of Emily Dickinson poems 65     Anne Hepple Dickinson 3
Dickinson 61     Anthony R. Dickinson 14
John Dickinson (delegate) 60     Arlene Dickinson 6
Dickinson County, Kansas 51     Arthur Dickinson 6
Dickinson College 46     Baron Dickinson 4
Dickinson County, Michigan 36     Becton Dickinson 15
List of Dickinson College alumni 35     Bob Dickinson 6
Jonathan Dickinson State Park 33     Brian Dickinson 3
Dickinson School of Law 32     Bruce Dickinson 68
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency 28     Camilla Dickinson 10
Michael Dickinson 28     Carl Dickinson 8
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 3) 28     Charles Dickinson 20
Angie Dickinson 28     Charles Dickinson (historical figure) 7
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 2) 28     Charles Dickinson (writer) 4
Dickinson County, Iowa 27     Charles Dickinson West 7
Fairleigh Dickinson University 27     Clement C. Dickinson 6
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 1) 27     Daniel S. Dickinson 16
Dickinson W. Richards 22     David Dickinson 15
Edward Dickinson Baker 21     David Dickinson (alternative meanings) 2
Janice Dickinson 21     David W. Dickinson 3
Velvalee Dickinson 20     Debbie Dickinson 2
Charles Dickinson 20     Dickinson 61
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson 18     Dickinson (crater) 4
Daniel S. Dickinson 16     Dickinson Air Force Station 8
Georgia Bulldogs football under Marvin D. Dickinson 16     Dickinson classification 2
Peter Dickinson 16     Dickinson College 46
Jimmy Dickinson 16     Dickinson County 2
Becton Dickinson 15     Dickinson County, Iowa 27
David Dickinson 15     Dickinson County, Kansas 51
William L. Dickinson High School 14     Dickinson County, Michigan 36
Anthony R. Dickinson 14     Dickinson High School 13
John Dickinson House 13     Dickinson High School (Dickinson, North Dakota) 11
Dickinson Township, Pennsylvania 13     Dickinson Homestead 10
Dickinson High School 13     Dickinson Independent School District 8
Jacob M. Dickinson 13     Dickinson Memorial Library and Park 5
Kate Dickinson Sweetser 12     Dickinson Press 11
West Branch Township, Dickinson County, Michigan 12     Dickinson Public Schools 4
Two Dickinson Street Co-op 11     Dickinson Richards Debevoise 4
Luren Dickinson 11     Dickinson School of Law 32
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport 11     Dickinson Stadium 3
Dickinson High School (Dickinson, North Dakota) 11     Dickinson State University 7
Dickinson Press 11     Dickinson System 7
Moss Kent Dickinson 11     Dickinson Theatres 7
The Best of Bruce Dickinson 10     Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport 11
Emily Dickinson Museum 10     Dickinson Township, Pennsylvania 13
Dickinson Homestead 10     Dickinson v. United States 6
Camilla Dickinson 10     Dickinson W. Richards 22
Roscoe G. Dickinson 10     Donald M. Dickinson 8
John Dickinson High School 9     Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson 3
Stuart Dickinson 9     Edward Dickinson 5
Donald M. Dickinson 8     Edward Dickinson Baker 21
Dickinson Independent School District 8     Edward F. Dickinson 4
Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey) 8     Edwin Dickinson 5
Dickinson Air Force Station 8     Emily Dickinson 94
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard 8     Emily Dickinson Museum 10
Philemon Dickinson 8     F. Dickinson Letts 4
Carl Dickinson 8     Fairleigh Dickinson University 27
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson 8     Fairleigh S. Dickinson 4
Alasdair Dickinson 7     Fort Dickinson 3
Dickinson System 7     Gardner Dickinson 4
Liam Dickinson 7     George Dickinson 5
Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson 7     George Sherman Dickinson 2
Charles Dickinson West 7     Georgia Bulldogs football under Marvin D. Dickinson 16
Charles Dickinson (historical figure) 7     Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson 18
John Dickinson Stationery 7     Henry Dickinson Green 5
Dickinson State University 7     Herbert Dickinson Ward 3
Marvin D. Dickinson 7     Identification of Emily Dickinson poems 4
Dickinson Theatres 7     Jacob M. Dickinson 13
Robert Latou Dickinson 6     James Shelton Dickinson 2
Jim Dickinson 6     Janice Dickinson 21
Clement C. Dickinson 6     Jim Dickinson 6
Dickinson v. United States 6     Jimmy Dickinson 16
Bob Dickinson 6     John D. Dickinson 4
Rob Dickinson 6     John Dickinson 68
Sandra Dickinson 6     John Dickinson (1782–1869) 5
Arthur Dickinson 6     John Dickinson (delegate) 60
Arlene Dickinson 6     John Dickinson High School 9
John Dickinson (1782–1869) 5     John Dickinson House 13
Lester J. Dickinson 5     John Dickinson Stationery 7
Peter Dickinson (architect) 5     Jonathan Dickinson 71
Susanna Dickinson 5     Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey) 8
Dickinson Memorial Library and Park 5     Jonathan Dickinson State Park 33
Edwin Dickinson 5     Kate Dickinson Sweetser 12
Rick Dickinson 5     Lester J. Dickinson 5
Amy Dickinson 5     Liam Dickinson 7
Henry Dickinson Green 5     List of Dickinson College alumni 35
Edward Dickinson 5     List of Emily Dickinson poems 65
George Dickinson 5     List of Registered Historic Places in Dickinson County, Michigan 4
The Emily Dickinson Journal 5     Luren Dickinson 11
Nate Dickinson 5     Luther Dickinson 4
Matt Dickinson 5     Marvin D. Dickinson 7
Terence Dickinson 5     Matt Dickinson 5
Patric Laurence Dickinson 5     Michael Dickinson 28
Michael W. Dickinson 4     Michael W. Dickinson 4
Gardner Dickinson 4     Moss Kent Dickinson 11
Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award 4     Nate Dickinson 5
William L. Dickinson 4     Patric Dickinson 2
Baron Dickinson 4     Patric Laurence Dickinson 5
Luther Dickinson 4     Peter Dickinson 16
Charles Dickinson (writer) 4     Peter Dickinson (alternative meanings) 2
Dickinson (crater) 4     Peter Dickinson (architect) 5
Dickinson Public Schools 4     Philemon Dickinson 8
William R. Dickinson 4     Rick Dickinson 5
List of Registered Historic Places in Dickinson County, Michigan 4     Rob Dickinson 6
Identification of Emily Dickinson poems 4     Robert Latou Dickinson 6
Roger Dickinson 4     Rodolphus Dickinson 3
John D. Dickinson 4     Roger Dickinson 4
Fairleigh S. Dickinson 4     Roscoe G. Dickinson 10
F. Dickinson Letts 4     Samuel Dickinson Hubbard 8
Edward F. Dickinson 4     Sandra Dickinson 6
Dickinson Richards Debevoise 4     Scott Dickinson 3
David W. Dickinson 3     Spencer Dickinson 2
Fort Dickinson 3     Stanley Dickinson 3
Scott Dickinson 3     Stuart Dickinson 9
Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson 3     Susanna Dickinson 5
Rodolphus Dickinson 3     Terence Dickinson 5
Stanley Dickinson 3     The Best of Bruce Dickinson 10
Brian Dickinson 3     The Emily Dickinson Journal 5
Anne Hepple Dickinson 3     The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency 28
Dickinson Stadium 3     The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 1) 27
Herbert Dickinson Ward 3     The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 2) 28
William Dickinson 3     The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency episodes (Season 3) 28
James Shelton Dickinson 2     Two Dickinson Street Co-op 11
Dickinson classification 2     Velvalee Dickinson 20
David Dickinson (alternative meanings) 2     West Branch Township, Dickinson County, Michigan 12
Patric Dickinson 2     William Dickinson 3
Spencer Dickinson 2     William L. Dickinson 4
Debbie Dickinson 2     William L. Dickinson High School 14
Peter Dickinson (alternative meanings) 2     William R. Dickinson 4
Dickinson County 2     Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson 7
George Sherman Dickinson 2     Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award 4

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Translations: Dickinson

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Hanguk Mal 디킨슨 (Dickinson). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 디킨슨 (Dickinson). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew אמילידיקנסון (Emily Dickinson). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit אמילידיקנסון (Emily Dickinson). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ディキンソン郡 (Dickinson County). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 디킨슨 (Dickinson). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian дикинсон (Dickinson). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) dikinson (Dickinson). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki дикинсон (Dickinson). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) dikinson (Dickinson). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Dickinson. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Dickinson

Language Translations for “Dickinson” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Dathagickathaginsathagon (Dickinson). Additional references: Athag, Dickinson. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Dagickaginsagon (Dickinson). Additional references: Double Dutch, Dickinson. (volunteer)
Leet 0|!<| (Dickinson). Additional references: Leet, Dickinson. (volunteer)
Oppish Dopickopinsopon (Dickinson). Additional references: Oppish, Dickinson. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ickinsonday (Dickinson). Additional references: Pig Latin, Dickinson. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Dubickubinsubon (Dickinson). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Dickinson. (volunteer)
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