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Noun: bartlett
  1. Juicy yellow pear
    - bartlett pear
Noun: Bartlett  baa(r)t-lut
  1. Explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
    - Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob
     
  2. United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
    - John Bartlett

Derived forms: bartletts, Bartletts

Type of: adventurer, explorer, pear, publisher

Encyclopedia: Bartlett, Ohio