Fiske
Proper noun
Meaning
Fiske (plural Fiskes)
A surname.
Examples
A century ago Admiral Fiske wrote a treatise portraying The Navy as a Fighting Machine.
Another case from that era that used the bad tendency test was Fiske v. Kansas, 274 U.S. 380 (1927).
Fiske reported in 1915 that, using this method, enemy fleets could be attacked within their own harbors if there were enough room for the torpedo track.
After traveling to the Fiske family's Beacon Hill mansion, Alice enters a world she's never even dared to dream about: exquisite silk gowns, sumptuous dinners, grand sitting parlors, and uniformed maids operating with an invisible efficiency.
Northup's biographer, David Fiske, has investigated Northup's role in the book's writing and asserts authenticity of authorship.
Daisy Fiske is an elderly woman trying to come to grips with the changing roles in her life.