CAMPBELL

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• CAMPBELL (noun)
  The noun CAMPBELL has 1 sense:

1. United States mythologist (1904-1987)

  Familiarity information: CAMPBELL used as a noun is very rare.

• CAMPBELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States mythologist (1904-1987)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Campbell; Joseph Campbell

Instance hypernyms:

mythologist (an expert on mythology)

 Context examples 

You saw her with the Campbells, when she was the equal of every body she mixed with, but here she is with a poor old grandmother, who has barely enough to live on.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"This symbiotic process enables the clams and bacteria to live in environments that are not necessarily hospitable," said Clemson University biologist Barbara Campbell.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

"We thought this large hole in the sea ice was rare," said lead author Ethan Campbell.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)

And now I am afraid Campbell will be here before there is time to dress a steak, and we have no butcher at hand.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I had known the Campbells a little in town; and at Weymouth we were very much in the same set.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Campbell studies how organisms interact with each other, and how their microbiomes — the communities of microorganisms living in and on organisms — are involved in that interaction.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Campbell has been here, quite in a worry about you; and now what shall we do?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

My dear, you said that Miss Campbell would not allow him to be plain, and that you yourself—Oh! as for me, my judgment is worth nothing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

And Mr. Campbell was here at four o'clock to ask for you: he has got one of the Thrush's boats, and is going off to her at six, and hoped you would be here in time to go with him.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

And as it is some months since Miss Campbell married, the impression may be a little worn off.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)