Whitmanite

English

Etymology

From Whitman +‎ -ite.

Adjective

Whitmanite (comparative more Whitmanite, superlative most Whitmanite)

1. Of or relating to the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

   Synonyms: Whitmanic, Whitmanian

Noun

Whitmanite (plural Whitmanites)

1. An admirer or imitator of American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).

   Synonym: Whitmanian

   • 1911 February, Cornelia A. P. Comer, “A Letter to the Rising Generation”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-03:

     Did I not dispute a whole afternoon with another young man about the necessity for character, only to learn at the end of it that he didn't know what character was. He supposed it was 'something narrow and priggish—like what deacons used to be' And he, mind you, was in his twenties, and claimed, ore rotundo, to be a Whitmanite, a Shavian, and a socialist.

   • 2008, Sheila Rowbotham, “Becoming a Socialist”, in Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, London, New York, N.Y.: Verso, published 2009, →ISBN, page 81:

     [Walt] Whitman gave [Edward] Carpenter a letter of introduction to his fan, Dr Richard Maurice Bucke and he set off, across the vast Lake Erie, to meet the Canadian Whitmanite, who was in charge of an insane asylum in the town of London.

References

• “Whitmanite, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.