Phillis

Proper noun

Meaning

Phillis

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Phillis

A surname transferred from the given name.

Examples

Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses. John Milton

In 1778, the African-American poet Jupiter Hammon wrote an ode to Wheatley (“An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley”). Source: Internet

Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley, New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Source: Internet

Henry Louis Gates, Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's Second Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers, Basic Civitas Books, 2010, p. 5. Her first name is sometimes spelled "Phyllis". Source: Internet

ISBN 0-691-01639-9 *Engberg, Kathrynn Seidler, The Right to Write: The Literary Politics of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley. Source: Internet

John Paul Jones asked a fellow officer to deliver some of his personal writings to "Phillis the African favorite of the Nine (muses) and Apollo." Source: Internet

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