Whitman
[
hwit
-m
uh
n,
wit
-]
/ˈʰwɪt mən, ˈwɪt-/
noun
1.
Marcus,
1802–47,
U.S. missionary and pioneer.
2.
Walt(er)
1819–92,
U.S. poet.
3.
a city in SE Massachusetts.
British Dictionary definitions for
Whitman
Whitman
/
ˈwɪtmən
/
noun
1.
Walt
(
er
). 1819–92, US poet, whose life's work is collected in
Leaves of Grass
(1855 and subsequent enlarged editions). His poems celebrate existence and the multiple elements that make up a democratic society