Gardner

Definitions: Gardner

Gardner

Noun

1. United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924).

2. Writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970).

Date "Gardner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Synonyms: Gardner

Synonyms: Erle Stanley Gardner (n), Isabella Stewart Gardner (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Gardner

English words defined with "Gardner": Erle Stanley Gardner ♦ Isabella Stewart Gardner ♦ landscape gardening, landscaping ♦ Perry Mason. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Gardner": 01440, 08826 ♦ 58036 ♦ 60424, 66030 ♦ cyberpunk ♦ Gardner crusher, Gardner Syndrome ♦ Pyroclastic flow, Pyroclastic surge. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives? (Being There; writing credit: Jerzy Kosinski) General Gardner. Go like the wind. (Gallipoli; writing credit: Peter Weir; David Williamson)
Movie/TV Titles	The Gardner Otto (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	L. Gardner Group Plc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Gardner Denver Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	House Beautiful : The Designs of Donald A. Gardner Architects Inc : 101 Comfortable Country and Traditional House Plans (reference) The Art of Scandal: The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner (reference) Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Gardner News (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Music of Chance: Jeff Gardner Plays Paul Auster (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	GB Electrical 930B Gardner Thinwall Conduit Benders (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	MT. MITCHELL CTD operations - Field Operations Officer Dave Gardner on right Night-time deployment of CTD rosette CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure In support of bathymetric mapping operations.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Carlos Rodriques (right), NRCS, Resource Conservationist assists Susan Gardner (left) in feeding her Corriedale sheep. Gardners' ranch is in Charlow, Mission Valley, Montana.Credit: USDA.
	Public Lands Day goldpanning demonstration by Ken Gardner.Credit: Alisa Spafford.		Incidents of the War. / A. Gardner, Photographer.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[HEW secretary John Gardner confers with top department officials] / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Baker..		[Herman L. Gardner, M.D.].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Harold B. Gardner, M.D.] / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Joseph Merante..		[Clarence E. Gardner, Jr.].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	U.S. Army Military Medical Groups, 1860-1895 : Lieut. General U.S. Grant and Staff / A. Gardner, Photographer.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
John W. Gardner	Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
	True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
	For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
	Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.
	The cynic says, ''One man can't do anything.'' I say, ''Only one man can do anything.''
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Gardner" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Gardner" is used about 336 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.7%	335	15,680
Noun (singular)	0.3%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	336	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Gardner" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Gardner	Last name	57,000	164
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name	Country	Name
United Kingdom	L. Gardner Group Plc.	USA	Gardner Denver Incorporated
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1. Gardner, IL (village, FIPS 28638)
Location: 41.18773 N, 88.31216 W
Population (1990): 1237 (537 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 60424
Country: USA

2. Gardner, KS (city, FIPS 25425)
Location: 38.81230 N, 94.92586 W
Population (1990): 3191 (1251 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 66030
Country: USA

3. Gardner, MA (city, FIPS 25485)
Location: 42.58413 N, 71.98622 W
Population (1990): 20125 (8654 housing units)
Area: 57.5 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 01440
Country: USA

4. Gardner, ND (city, FIPS 29220)
Location: 47.14340 N, 96.96883 W
Population (1990): 85 (42 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58036
Country: USA

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Expression: Gardner

Expressions using "Gardner": Erle Stanley Gardner ♦ Gardner gun ♦ Gardner Syndrome ♦ Glen Gardner ♦ Isabella Stewart Gardner. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Gardner": Gardner-medwin.
	Ending with "Gardner": Wells-gardner.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gardner

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
ava gardner	338
howard gardner	292
gardner	279
donald gardner	225
gardner massachusetts	219
gardner webb university	212
gardner publication	197
gardner denver	190
gardner prudential	163
gardner snake	133
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gardner

Language		Translations for "Gardner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Gardner-Holdt viskosimeter (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), Gardner farveskala (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

Dutch		kleurschaal volgens Gardner (Gardner colour scale), kleurenschaal volgens Gardner (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

French		viscosimètre Gardner-Holdt (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), échelle de couleur Gardner (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

German		Gärtner (gardener, horticulturist, market gardener, nursery man). (various references)

Greek		ιξωδόμετρο �"κάρντνερ-Χολτ (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), χρωματική κλίμακα �"κάρντνερ (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

Italian		viscosimetro Gardner-Holdt (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), scala di colore Gardner (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

Pig Latin		ardnergay.(various references)

Portuguese		viscosímetro Gardner-Holdt (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), escala de cor Gardner (Gardner colour scale). (various references)

Spanish		viscosímetro Garder-Holdt (Gardner-Holdt viscosimeter), escala de color Gardner (Gardner colour scale). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Gardner

Misspellings
	"Gardner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gadney, Gardie, Gardoe, Gardyne, Gardyner, Gardynik, gartner, Gbargna, Goodner. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Gardner

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gnarred, grander.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-n-r-r"
	-1 letter: danger, darner, errand, gander, garden, garner, garred, grader, ranged, ranger, regard.
	-2 letters: anger, darer, denar, drear, gnarr, grade, grand, raged, range, rared, redan, regna, reran.
	-3 letters: aged, ager, dang, dare, darn, dean, dear, drag, dreg, earn, egad, gaed, gaen, gane, gear, gnar, grad, gran, nard, near, nerd, rage, rand, rang, rare, read, rear, rend.
	-4 letters: age, and, ane, are, dag, den, ear, end, eng, era, erg, ern, err, gad, gae, gan, gar, ged, gen, nae, nag, rad, rag, ran, red, reg.
	-5 letters: ad, ae, ag, an, ar, de, ed, en, er, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-n-r-r"
	+1 letter: arranged, gardener, garnered, grandeur.
	+2 letters: arraigned, debarring, gardeners, germander, grandeurs, grandsire, grenadier, redrawing, regardant, regarding, regrading, regranted, rereading, retarding, rewarding, undergrad.
	+3 letters: adrenergic, corrigenda, dendrogram, denigrator, disarrange, garrisoned, gendarmery, germanders, grandsires, greensward, grenadiers, intergrade, krugerrand, overdaring, readorning, rearranged, reboarding, redarguing, redrafting, redreaming, reengraved, rereadings, retreading, ringbarked, ringleader, strangered, undergrads.
	+4 letters: aggrandizer, dendrograms, denigrators, denigratory, disarranged, disarranges, fingerboard, gendarmerie, gerrymander, gingerbread, gormandizer, grandfather, grandmaster, grandmother, grandparent, greenswards, groundwater, handwringer, harbingered, intergraded, intergrades, krugerrands, overdrawing, overtrading, prearranged, regenerated, rehardening, rehydrating, reordaining, reorganized, reradiating, respreading, rethreading, rewardingly, ringleaders, ringstraked, transgender, undercharge, underrating, unirrigated, unrewarding, wiredrawing.
	+5 letters: aggrandizers, backgrounder, deprograming, disregarding, fingerboards, gendarmeries, gerrymanders, gingerbreads, gingerbready, gormandizers, grandfathers, grandiflorae, grandmasters, grandmothers, grandparents, grandstander, granodiorite, groundwaters, hairdressing, handwringers, heartrending, intergrading, intergrafted, interlarding, interrogated, kindergarten, nonirrigated, overarranged, peregrinated, preordaining, proofreading, readdressing, redecorating, redintegrate, reintegrated, remaindering, reprimanding, retrograding, trademarking, transfigured, transgressed, undercharged, undercharges, undergarment, unprogrammed.
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