graham
pronunciation
How to pronounce graham in British English:
UK ['greɪəm]
How to pronounce graham in American English:
US ['greɪəm]
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- Noun:
- flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)
Word Origin
- Graham
- family name attested from early 12c., an Anglo-French form of the place name Grantham (Lincolnshire). In reference to crackers, bread, etc., made from unsifted whole-wheat flour, 1834, American English, from Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), U.S. dietetic reformer and temperance advocate. Related: Grahamism. Graham's law in physics (1845) is a reference to Scottish chemist Thomas Graham (1805-1869). Graham Land in Antarctica was named 1832 by English explorer John Biscoe in honor of Sir James Graham (1792-1861), first lord of the Admiralty; the U.S. name for it was Palmer Peninsula in honor of American explorer Nathaniel Palmer, who had led an expedition there in 1820. The rival names persisted until 1964.
Example
- 1. Graham charges clients $ 350 per hour for a strategy session .
- 2. " It 's going to be a very exciting place , " graham says .
- 3. There 's nothing like re-reading old ben graham to keep a check on wall street 's wild expectations .
- 4. The " average earnings " test preferred by graham pointed in the opposite direction , towards danger .
- 5. I had learned it from ben graham , a hero of mine .