Martineau

[ mahr-tn-oh ]

/ ˈmɑr tnˌoʊ /

Harriet,1802–76, English novelist and economist.

her brotherJames,1805–1900, English theologian and philosopher.

Example sentences from the Web for martineau

If you ever mean to do so hereafter, let it be Miss Martineau's Deerbrook.

The Life of John Sterling |Thomas Carlyle
Then she went to London, taking lodgings with an old servant of Mrs. Martineau's, who lived in Conduit street.

Harriet Martineau |Florence Fenwick Miller
I did not suppose he would know the name of Martineau as my mother's maiden name.

The Doctor's Dilemma |Hesba Stretton
As clearly as for the nineteenth-century Martineau, "the seat of 53authority in Religion" has passed to the human conscience.

Chosen Peoples |Israel Zangwill

Miss Martineau at once set her affairs in order, and sat down to write her Autobiography.

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) |John Morley

Martineau

/ (ˈmɑːtɪˌnəʊ) /

Harriet. 1802–76, English author of books on political economy and of novels and children's stories

her brother, James . 1805–1900, English Unitarian theologian and minister