Gillespie

Definitions: Gillespie

Gillespie

Noun

1. United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993).

"Gillespie" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the bishop's servant".

Date "Gillespie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonyms: Gillespie

Synonyms: Dizzy Gillespie (n), John Birks Gillespie (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Gillespie

English words defined with "Gillespie": Dizzy Gillespie ♦ John Birks Gillespie. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Gillespie": Calc ♦ p2c. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Dizzy Gillespie and the be-bop revolution (reference) Essays on Music: Theodor W. Adorno ; Selected, With Introduction, Commentary, and Notes by Richard Leppert ; New Translations by Susan H. Gillespie (reference) Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (reference) 'A Secret to Be Burried' : The Diary and Life of Emily Hawley Gillespie, 1858-1888 (reference) A Secret to Be Burried: The Diary and Life of Emily Hawley Gillespie, 1858-1888 (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Jazz Casual DVD (Count Basie, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie) (reference) Jazz Casual - Dizzy Gillespie (reference) Track & Field Hurdles: John Gillespie (reference) Dizzy Gillespie & The United Nations - Live at the Royal Festival Hall (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	An Electrifying Evening with Dizzy Gillespie [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Pete Gillespie.Credit: Library of Congress.		Graded School, Greenwood, Miss. / C.E. Gillespie & Co.Credit: Library of Congress.
	"Hot Springs, S.D." From Club House Hill, S.E., showing Minnekahta and Gillespie Hotels. The Fremont, Elkhorn & M.V. Ry., with old town in distance.Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Zimbabwe	In May High Court Judge James Devittie unexpectedly announced his resignation shortly after ruling against ZANU-PF in three out of four election petitions submitted by the MDC. Judge Ismael Chatikobo, who in 2000 had ordered the Government to return seized equipment belonging to a fledgling independent radio station, resigned in June, and Judge Michael Gillespie resigned in August. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Gillespie" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gillespie" is used about 153 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)	100%	153	25,427

The following table summarizes the usage of "Gillespie" 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
Gillespie	Last name	15,000	790
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Gillespie, IL (city, FIPS 29236)
Location: 39.12536 N, 89.81717 W
Population (1990): 3645 (1561 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Gillespie

Expressions using "Gillespie": dizzy Gillespie ♦ East Gillespie ♦ Gillespie County ♦ John Birks Gillespie. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gillespie

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
dizzy gillespie	168	county fair gillespie	7
gillespie	80	advertising gillespie	7
gillespie ford	42	gillespie high school	7
ed gillespie	37	associate gillespie quinn	7
gillespie illinois	32	dizzy gillespie biography	6
gillespie realty	21	coating gillespie	5
gillespie county texas	16	gillespie real estate	5
john gillespie	14	james gillespie	5
gillespie county	13	dizzy gillespie discography	5
dizzie gillespie	12	gillespie gregory	4
gillespie quinn	11	david gillespie	4
dana gillespie	10	dizzy gillespie photo	4
darlene gillespie	10	gibbs gillespie	4
bill gillespie	9	gillespie tracy	4
dizzy gillespie picture	9	gillespie john magee	4
robert gillespie	8	gillespie chevrolet	4
gillespie pontiac	8	jim gillespie	4
field gillespie	8	division gillespie infantry major third william	4
gillespie florist	8	gillespie john jr magee	4
appraisal county district gillespie	8	estate gillespie missoula real	4
		william gillespie	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Gillespie

Misspellings
	"Gillespie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gallesio, Gilespie, gillespies, Iglesia, Ogilesby. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Gillespie

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-i-l-l-p-s"
	-2 letters: ellipse, gillies, spiegel.
	-3 letters: gillie, lieges, lilies.
	-4 letters: gills, glees, leges, liege, lisle, peels, peise, peles, pilei, piles, pilis, pills, plies, selle, siege, sigil, sleep, slipe, speel, speil, spell, spiel, spile, spill.
	-5 letters: eels, egis, ells, else, gees, gels, gies, gill, gips, glee, ills, isle, lees, legs, leis, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, peel, pees.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-i-l-l-p-s"
	+2 letters: pelletising.
	+5 letters: paleobiologies.
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