Wheatley

Definition: Wheatley

Wheatley

Noun

1. American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784).

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

Synonym: Wheatley

Synonym: Phillis Wheatley (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Wheatley

English words defined with "Wheatley": Phillis Wheatley. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) (reference) Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Great Episodes) (reference) Life and Works of Phillis Wheatley (reference) Phillis Wheatley (American Women of Achievement) (reference) Phillis Wheatley (Let Freedom Ring: American Revolution Biographies) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Wheatley Journal (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss, residence in Wheatley Heights, Long Island, New York. Entrance foyer.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Wheatley" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wheatley" is used about 137 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%	137	27,138

The following table summarizes the usage of "Wheatley" 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
Wheatley	Last name	5,000	2,328
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Wheatley, AR (city, FIPS 74840)
Location: 34.91879 N, 91.10730 W
Population (1990): 413 (187 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 72392
Country: USA

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Expressions: Wheatley

Expressions using "Wheatley": Phillis Wheatley ♦ Wheatley Heights. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wheatley

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
phillis wheatley	127	biography phillis wheatley	4
wheatley	113	heights wheatley	4
phyllis wheatley	59	gaso pump wheatley	4
park provincial wheatley	22	francis wheatley	3
margaret wheatley	15	partner wheatley	3
wheatley fly box	13	moral phillis poem religious wheatley	3
wacky wheatley	12	david wheatley	3
dennis wheatley	11	club golf hills wheatley	3
wheatley high school	11	21 century team wheatley	3
ontario wheatley	11	by phillis poem wheatley	3
pump wheatley	10	meg wheatley	3
phillis picture wheatley	8	phillis poem wheatley	3
associates.co.uk wheatley	7	wheatley hotel	2
tyrone wheatley	7	check tom valve wheatley	2
valve wheatley	6	nadia wheatley	2
the wheatley school	6	college john wheatley	2
wheatley ar	5	team wheatley	2
poem of phyllis wheatley	5	plaza wheatley	2
gaso wheatley	5	richard wheatley	2
check valve wheatley	5	ontario park provincial wheatley	2
		john wheatley	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Wheatley

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-l-t-w-y"
	-1 letter: wealthy.
	-2 letters: hyetal, leeway, wealth.
	-3 letters: elate, ethyl, lathe, lathy, lethe, telae, thewy, wetly, whale, wheal, wheat, wheel.
	-4 letters: alee, awee, eath, eely, haet, hale, halt, hate, heal, heat, heel, hyla, hyte, late, lath, leet, tael, tale, teal, teel, tela, tele, thae, thaw, thee, thew, they, twae, twee, tyee, wale, waly, weal, weel, weet.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-l-t-w-y"
	+1 letter: weatherly.
	+5 letters: downheartedly.
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