Bartlett

Bartlett

English

Etymology

The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/

Proper noun

Bartlett

1. A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of Bartholomew.
2. A village in Illinois.
3. A city in Kansas.
4. A village, the county seat of Wheeler County, Nebraska.
5. A town in New Hampshire.
6. A city in Tennessee.
7. A city in Texas.

Noun

Bartlett (plural Bartletts)

1. A kind of English pear.
   • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 15, in Klee Wyck‎:

     The first bite into those Bartletts was intoxicating. The juice met your teeth with a gush.