Associations to the word «Sullivan»

Wiktionary

SULLIVAN, proper noun. A surname​ of origin.

Dictionary definition

SULLIVAN, noun. United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924).
SULLIVAN, noun. United States psychiatrist (1892-1949).
SULLIVAN, noun. United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974).
SULLIVAN, noun. United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936).
SULLIVAN, noun. English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats