Meriwether
Meriwether is a given name, most famously borne by Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the American West in 1804–1806.
The name appears occasionally as both a first name and surname: Meriwether County, Georgia.
Common British surname
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- frontierEdge of settlement
- westwardToward the sunset
- SacagaweaShoshone interpreter for westward expedition
Clark · Missouri River · Pacific · journals · cartography · trailblazer · Louisiana Purchase · wilderness
Hereditary family identifier
- given namePersonal name from birth
- SouthernOf the region below
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
genealogy · heritage · family name · namesake · baptismal · ancestry · lineage · traditional
Nature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
- biographyWritten life account
historical fiction · narrative · memoir · adventure story · dramatization · documentary · portrayal · storytelling
Lewis
Common British surname
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- frontierEdge of settlement
- westwardToward the sunset
Sacagawea · Clark · Missouri River · Pacific · journals · cartography · trailblazer · Louisiana Purchase · wilderness · mapping
surname
Hereditary family identifier
- given namePersonal name from birth
- SouthernOf the region below
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
Anglo-Saxon · genealogy · heritage · family name · namesake · baptismal · ancestry · lineage · traditional · distinguished
character
Nature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
biography · historical fiction · narrative · memoir · adventure story · dramatization · documentary · portrayal · storytelling · American literature