DOWNING

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

1. United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)

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

• DOWNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andrew Jackson Downing; Downing

Instance hypernyms:

landscape architect; landscape gardener; landscaper; landscapist (someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively)

 Context examples 

He chewed Downing’s thumb nearly off before they could master him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his chambers in Downing Street, and on Holmes sending in his card we were instantly shown up.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man walked into the trap and was captured last night after a struggle in which Constable Downing was badly bitten by the savage.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)