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susan b. anthony

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-san b. an-tho-ny
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Susan B. Anthony dollar.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse. Further etymology In her youth, Susan Anthony and her sisters responded to a “great craze for middle initials” by adding middle initials to their own names. Anthony adopted “B.” as her middle initial because her namesake Aunt Susan had married a man named Brownell. Anthony never used the name Brownell herself, and did not like it.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Susan B. Anthonys (plural) Susan B. Anthonies (plural) SBA (alternative, initialism)

Questions

What does susan b. anthony mean?
A Susan B. Anthony dollar.
Where does susan b. anthony come from?
In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse. Further etymology In her youth, Susan Anthony and her sisters responded to a “great craze for middle initials” by adding middle initials to their own names. Anthony adopted “B.” as her middle initial because her namesake Aunt Susan had married a man named Brownell. Anthony never used the name Brownell herself, and did not like it.

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