English Explanatory Dictionary

Susan B. Anthony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Susan B. Anthony dollar.

Word forms

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthonys Susan B. Anthonies SBA

Etymology

In reference to Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), a women's rights activist whose portrait is featured on the coin's obverse. Further etymology In her youth, Susan Anthony and her sisters responded to a “great craze for middle initials” by adding middle initials to their own names. Anthony adopted “B.” as her middle initial because her namesake Aunt Susan had married a man named Brownell. Anthony never used the name Brownell herself, and did not like it.

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