| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Whitman, Marcus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Whit·man |
| PRONUNCIATION: | hw t m n, w t - |
| DATES: | 18021847 |
| American frontier missionary and physician who with his wife Narcissa Prentiss (18081847) established a missionary post in the Oregon region (1836).
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