Meanings
proper noun
- The byname of the Biltmore Estate and many things associated with it.
George Vanderbilt’s 250-room Biltmore House — a grand Gilded Age chateau and America’s largest home — first welcomed family and friends in 1895.
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Origin
Coined by George Washington Vanderbilt II from (Vander)bilt + -more (“moor”, a common suffix in English surnames). Not a surname in itself.
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APA
Biltmore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biltmore
MLA
“Biltmore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biltmore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Biltmore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biltmore.
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