Bartlett

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UK/ˈbɑː(ɹ)tlət/

proper noun

A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of Bartholomew.

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bartlett pear
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of Bartholomew.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A village mostly in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois.
    2. A census-designated place in Fremont County, Iowa.
    3. A minor city in Labette County, Kansas.
    4. An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.
    5. A village, the county seat of Wheeler County, Nebraska.
    6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
    7. An unincorporated community in Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio.
    8. A city in Shelby County, Tennessee.
    9. A city in Bell County and Williamson County, Texas.
    10. An unincorporated community in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
nounBartlett (plural Bartletts)

plural Bartletts

  1. A kind of English pear.

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

    1941, Emily Carr, chapter 15, in Klee Wyck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounjuicy yellow pear

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bartlett pear
Broader
pear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

Bartlett. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bartlett

MLA

“Bartlett.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bartlett. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bartlett,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bartlett.

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