Thorndike: Meaning and Definition of

Thorn•dike

1. 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
2. 1874–1949, U.S. psychologist and lexicographer.
3. 1882–1965, U.S. historian and scholar (brother of Ashley Horace Thorndike).
4. 1882–1976, English actress.