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Millard Fillmore   /mˈɪlərd fˈɪlmɔr/   Listen
Millard Fillmore

noun
1.
Elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874).  Synonyms: Fillmore, President Fillmore.






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"Millard Fillmore" Quotes from Famous Books



... having a similar termination, and as he was tolerably illiterate, and rarely wrote his name, the change came to be accepted. A new schoolmaster who spelled it Millerd in the copy-book of Charley's grandfather fixed the orthography and pronunciation in the new form. About the time that Millard Fillmore became President by succession, the contemporary Millerds, who were Whigs, substituted a for the e in the name. After he came to New York, Charley shifted the accent to the last syllable to conform to a fashion by which a hundred old English ...
— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston



Words linked to "Millard Fillmore" :   President of the United States, president, United States President, Chief Executive



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