Curtis: Meaning and Definition of

Cur•tis

1. 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
2. 1860–1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929–33.
3. 1850–1933, U.S. publisher.
4. 1812–94, U.S. attorney and writer.
5. 1824–92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer.
6. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”