culbertson

1. 1.

   United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)

   SynonymsEly Culbertson

   Broadercard player

Other forms of culbertson

plural

culbertsons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about culbertson

What does culbertson mean?

culbertson means "United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)".

How many syllables are in culbertson?

culbertson has 3 syllables: cul-bert-son. The stress falls on "cul". In IPA it is /ˈkʌlbɚtsən/.

What is another word for culbertson?

Close synonyms include Ely Culbertson. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is culbertson a common word?

culbertson is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.