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chisholm
/ˈtʃɪz.əm/
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What does chisholm mean?
proper noun
- A surname from Old English [in turn from locations].
- A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃɪz.əm/
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An unworshipful, anti-Philistinic picture of Abilene, Kansas, when it was at the end of the Chisholm Trail.
What Mrs. Chisholm described to Mrs. Stowe as the secret of her success, applies to all life.
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The question was most elaborately considered in the case of Chisholm v. Georgia, and was decided by the majority of the Supreme Court in the affirmative.
Charlton gives an account of the performance carried out successfully four times in the same woman; Chisholm mentions a case in which it was twice performed.