American English pronunciation

How to pronounce whitehead

IPA transcription: ['waɪt,hɛd]

Pronunciation variants: ['waɪt,hɛd][h'waɪt,hɛd]

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Noun

  • English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)

  • a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

Usage examples

  • The county contains a notable swamp, Whitehead Bay.
  • Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead championed this theory fathered by Gottlob Frege.
  • Whitehead and Whitelock are sometimes used in Galway.
  • E. T. Whitehead, of the Labour Abstentionist Party, became the secretary.
  • Whitehead was born in London, the eldest son of a wine merchant.
  • It was designed and programmed by Bob Whitehead.
  • He looked up, and caught Whitehead's benevolent gaze.
  • McFadden, along with Whitehead, was instrumental in defining the sound of Philadelphia soul.
  • Z. Whitehead, actor in Grapes of Wrath movie and writer also attended.