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  • (noun): United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804).
    Synonyms: Alexander Hamilton
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on hamilton:

James Hamilton, 1st Duke Of Abercorn
... James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG PC (21 January 1811 – 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and ... In 1860, The Times noted that Hamilton was one of only three to hold peerages in all three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland ...
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess Of Aberdeen And Temair
... John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair KT GCMG GCVO PC (3 August 1847 – 7 March 1934), known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 ... Born in Edinburgh, Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1886 1905–1915) and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General ...
George Hamilton IV - Biography
... Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 18, 1956, while a 19-year-old student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hamilton recorded "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" for Chapel Hill record label, Colonial ... The self-penned B-side of the record, "If You Don't Know", revealed Hamilton's ambitions to be a rockabilly-country singer ...
Hamilton Academical F.C.
... Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire ... They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy ...
Hamilton, New York - Communities and Locations in Hamilton
... Beekman Corners – A location between Hamilton village and East Hamilton ... Darts Corner – A location between Hamilton village and East Hamilton ... East Hamilton – A hamlet on Route 12, east of Hamilton village ...

More definitions of "Hamilton":

  • (noun): The capital of Bermuda.
  • (noun): A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario.
  • (noun): United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970).
    Synonyms: Alice Hamilton

Famous quotes containing the word hamilton:

    Strew your gladness on earth’s bed,
    So be merry, so be dead.
    —Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895–1915)

    None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
    —Edith Hamilton (1867–1963)

    A people’s literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
    —Edith Hamilton (1867–1963)