whitman

Noun whitman has 2 senses

• whitman(n = noun.person) walt whitman - United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892);
is a kind of poet

• whitman(n = noun.person) marcus whitman - United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847);
is a kind of missionary