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bertram

Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See Bertram.] (Bot.)

  1. A composite plant ( Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.

  2. The feverfew ( Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.

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Bertram, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 681
Housing Units (2000): 101
Land area (2000): 1.276378 sq. miles (3.305803 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.276378 sq. miles (3.305803 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06175
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.950036 N, 91.534363 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bertram, IA
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Bertram, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 1122
Housing Units (2000): 434
Land area (2000): 1.087902 sq. miles (2.817654 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.087902 sq. miles (2.817654 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07864
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.744132 N, 98.055721 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78605
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bertram, TX
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Bertram

Bertram may refer to:

Bertram (name)

Bertram is both a Germanic given name from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven"), and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

  • Master Bertram, or Bertram of Minden (c. 1340–1414/1415), German Gothic painter
  • Bertram Clements (1913-2000), English footballer
  • Bertram Forer (1914–2000), American psychologist
  • Bertram Goode (born 1886), English footballer
  • Bertram Heyn (1912-1998), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
  • Bertram Stevens (politician) (1889–1973), Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales between 1932 and 1939
  • Bertram Türpe (born 1952), German Olympic swimmer
  • Bertram Wallis (1874-1952), English actor and singer

Surname:

  • Adolf Bertram (1859–1945), Archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Charles Bertram (1723–1765), English literary impostor and forger
  • Horst Bertram (born 1948), German footballer
  • Julia Bertram (born 1989), 2012/13 German Wine Queen
  • Laura Bertram (born 1978), Canadian actress
  • Ossie Bertram (born 1909), Australian rules footballer
  • Ron Bertram (1924–2014), Australian politician
  • Sören Bertram (born 1991), German footballer
  • Tom Bertram (born 1977), English field hockey player
  • Tom Bertram (footballer) (born 1987), German footballer

Fictional characters:

  • Bertram Topham Hatt,'The Fat Controller' in the Railway series by the Rev.W.Awdry and the spin-off series Thomas and Friends.
  • Bertram (Family Guy), a character on the TV series Family Guy
  • Bertram (Fire Emblem), a character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
  • Bertram Wilberforce Wooster ( Bertie Wooster), a character from the Jeeves series by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Bertram, Count of Rousillon, a character from All's Well That Ends Well
  • Bertram, Tracepurcel, a character in the 1959 British comedy film I'm Alright Jack, played by Denis Price.
  • Bertram "Bert" Cooper, a character on Mad Men
  • Bertram, a character from the Disney Channel series Jessie
  • Bertram, Sir Thomas and Lady, characters in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park
  • Bertram, Godfrey, a character from Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering
  • Bertram Baxter, a character from Sue Townsend's series Adrian Mole
  • Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering, Jr., a character on The Knick
  • Gale Bertram, from the TV series " The Mentalist"

Usage examples of "bertram".

Edna led the three women released from Bertram Gaol out onto the floor and offered them an explanation of where they stood and how they had arrived there.

It was consequently a thoughtful Bertram Wooster who half an hour later sat toying with a stoup of malvoisie in the smoking room of the Drones Club.

As once the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and straightway coveted them, even so Bertram Ingledew looked on Frida Monteith, and saw at the first glance she was a woman to be desired, a soul high-throned, very calm and beautiful.

They had chosen a lovely spot on a heather-clad moorland, where she could stroll alone with Bertram among the gorse and ling, utterly oblivious of Robert Monteith and the unnatural world she had left for ever behind her.

The revolver with which he had shot Bertram Ingledew lay close by her feet, among the bracken on the heath, where Monteith had flung it.

To say that Bertram was now definitely nonplussed would be but to state the simple truth.

I mean, here were we, Stinker Pinker and Bertram Wooster, buddies who had known each other virtually from the egg, and we were talking like a couple of strangers making conversation on a train.

So far as they knew, Bertram was the only man living in whom they could confide, unbranded as outrageous liars.

Bertram made a grimace at Arabella across the table, and Harry dug her surreptitiously in the ribs with his elbow.

Bertram sighed as he fingered the dobra covering his head, and he finished telling his story.

Why, Hargrave and Bertram would think I had made a decision without giving them a fair hearing.

But Bertram, with all the skill of a jewfish slipping out of a net, had managed to avoid attaching himself to any of the plots against Harrah or the riots of the Iviomils.

She awakened on the verge of death every time with the image of their cruel eyes imprinted on her memory, their mocking laughter ringing in her ears: Earl Millhouse, Coot Demarest, and their comrades, Zachariah Hudson, Arthur Bertram, and J.

Hart showing up with Earl Millhouse was like manna from Heaven, for, while questioning him, Trent discovered that Art Bertram was the man they sought.

If the facts of lion life are as Bertram says, and, just as important, if they have been like that for a large number of generations, then we may expect that natural selection will have favoured a degree of altruism appropriate to the average degree of relatedness in a typical pride.