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Whit·tier (hwit′ē ər, wit′-)

Whittier, John Greenleaf (grēn′lēf′) 1807-92; U.S. poet
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Whit·tier (hwit′ē ər, wit′-)

city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 84,000

Etymology: so named (1887) by Quaker settlers, after John Greenleaf Whittier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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