Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whitman

2 senses of whitman

Sense 1
Whitman, Walt Whitman -- (United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892))
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2
Whitman, Marcus Whitman -- (United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847))
       INSTANCE OF=> missionary -- (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)