- Melville Weston Fuller
- nounUnited States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)• Syn: ↑Fuller, ↑Melville W. Fuller• Instance Hypernyms: ↑chief justice
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Melville W. Fuller — Melville Weston Fuller Melville Weston Fuller (* 11. Februar 1833 in Augusta, Maine; † 4. Juli 1910) war ein US amerikanischer Jurist und Oberster Bundesrichter der USA von 1888 bis 1910. Der in Augusta, Maine, geborene F … Deutsch Wikipedia
Melville W. Fuller — noun United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833 1910) • Syn: ↑Fuller, ↑Melville Weston Fuller • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chief justice … Useful english dictionary
Fuller, Melville Weston — ▪ chief justice of United States born Feb. 11, 1833, Augusta, Maine, U.S. died July 4, 1910, Sorrento, Maine eighth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1888–1910), whose amiability, impartiality, and rare administrative… … Universalium
Fuller,Melville Weston — Ful·ler (fo͝olʹər), Melville Weston. 1833 1910. American jurist who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1888 1910) and maintained that governmental powers must derive from a strict interpretation of the Constitution. * * * … Universalium
Melville Fuller — 8th Chief Justice of the United States In office July 20, 1888[ … Wikipedia
Fuller — /fool euhr/, n. 1. George, 1822 84, U.S. painter. 2. Henry B(lake), ( Stanton Page ), 1857 1929, U.S. novelist, poet, and critic. 3. Melville Weston /wes teuhn/, 1833 1910, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1888 1910. 4. R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895 1983 … Universalium
fuller — fuller1 /fool euhr/, n. a person who fulls cloth. [bef. 1000; ME; OE fullere < L fullo fuller; see ER1] fuller2 /fool euhr/, n. 1. a half round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron. 2. a tool or part of a die for reducing the sectional… … Universalium
Fuller, Melville (Weston) — born Feb. 11, 1833, Augusta, Me., U.S. died July 4, 1910, Sorrento U.S. jurist. After graduating from Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School, he built a major legal practice in Chicago (from 1856), where he became prominent in Democratic Party… … Universalium
Fuller — [fool′ər] 1. (Richard) Buckminster [buk′min stər] 1895 1983; U.S. engineer, inventor, & philosopher 2. (Sarah) Margaret ( Marchioness Ossoli) 1810 50; U.S. writer, critic, & social reformer 3. Melville Weston [wes′tən] 1833 1910; U.S. jurist:… … English World dictionary
Melville — Melvillean, adj., n. /mel vil/, n. 1. Herman, 1819 91, U.S. novelist. 2. Lake, a saltwater lake on the E coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow inlet: the mouth of the Churchill River is at its … Universalium
