whittington

Whit·ting·ton

W w

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwit-ing-tuh n, wit-]
- /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ tən, ˈwɪt-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwit-ing-tuh n, wit-]
- /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ tən, ˈwɪt-/

Definitions of whittington word

noun whittington Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20. 1
noun whittington Richard, known as Dick. died 1423, English merchant, three times mayor of London. According to legend, he walked to London at the age of 13 with his cat and was prevented from leaving again only by the call of the church bells 0
noun whittington Richard1358?-1423; Eng. merchant: lord mayor of London: associated with various Eng. legends of a Dick Whittington 0

See all 3 definitions of whittington

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Whittington

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Whittington

whittington popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

whittington usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer