wyatt

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Definition of wyatt in English English dictionary

A patronymic surname

A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname

A surname

Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Thomas Wyatt Wyatt John

modern transferred use of the surname

English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)

English architect (1746-1813)

English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542) English architect (1746-1813)

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp

born March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Ill., U.S. died Jan. 13, 1929, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. frontiersman. He worked in the 1870s as a police officer in Wichita and Dodge City, Kan., where he befriended the gunmen Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. He later worked as a guard for Wells, Fargo & Company. By 1881 he had moved to Tombstone, Ariz., living as a gambler and a saloon guard. His brother Virgil became town marshal, and his other brothers (James, Morgan, and Warren) bought real estate and businesses. A feud with the Clanton gang ended in a shootout at the O.K. Corral in which three of the Clanton gang were killed. In 1882 Morgan was murdered, and in retaliation Wyatt, Warren, and some friends killed two men they suspected of the crime. Accused of murder, Wyatt fled to Colorado and later settled in California. Stuart Lake's Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal (1931), written with Earp's collaboration, portrayed him as a fearless lawman

Wyatt Earp

(1848-1929) American law officer and gunfighter who became a legendary figure in the Old West

Wyatt Earp

a US marshal and gambler (=someone who plays card games to win money etc) who is fought in the famous "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1848-1929). born March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Ill., U.S. died Jan. 13, 1929, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. frontiersman. He worked in the 1870s as a police officer in Wichita and Dodge City, Kan., where he befriended the gunmen Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson. He later worked as a guard for Wells, Fargo & Company. By 1881 he had moved to Tombstone, Ariz., living as a gambler and a saloon guard. His brother Virgil became town marshal, and his other brothers (James, Morgan, and Warren) bought real estate and businesses. A feud with the Clanton gang ended in a shootout at the O.K. Corral in which three of the Clanton gang were killed. In 1882 Morgan was murdered, and in retaliation Wyatt, Warren, and some friends killed two men they suspected of the crime. Accused of murder, Wyatt fled to Colorado and later settled in California. Stuart Lake's Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal (1931), written with Earp's collaboration, portrayed him as a fearless lawman

John Wyatt

born April 1700, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng. died Nov. 29, 1766, Birmingham, Warwickshire British mechanic who contributed to the development of power spinning. He began his career as a carpenter, but by 1730, with financial support from Lewis Paul, he was working on machines for boring metal and making files. The spinning machine (see drawing frame), first patented in 1738, was almost certainly Paul's idea, with Wyatt providing technical skill; its principle was to draw the fibres through sets of rollers turning at different speeds. It was superseded by Richard Arkwright's water frame in the 1770s

Hyphenation

Wy·att

Turkish pronunciation

wayıt

Pronunciation

/ˈwīət/ /ˈwaɪət/

Etymology

(biographical name.) A Middle English diminutive of an Old English personal name wīg "war" + heard "hard, brave", and of the names Guy and William.