Definitions

1. noun

A surname of English origin, and also the name of a family of American politicians and writers, including Charles Augustus Ingalls and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s friend, and politician, and orator, and writer, and inventor, and lawyer, and statesman, and senator, and vice president, and presidential candidate, and president of the United States, and founder of the Progressive Party, and civil rights advocate, and anti-imperialist, and anti-racist, and anti-sexist, and anti-capitalist, and anti-war, and pro-peace, and pro-environment, and pro-human rights, and pro-social justice, and pro-democracy, and pro-human dignity, and pro-humanity.

“The Ingalls Wilder Little House books were written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, a descendant of the Ingalls family.”

2. proper noun

The name of the city in Indiana, the county seat of Dearborn County, and the home of the Indiana Historical Society and Museum, and the site of the annual Indiana State Fair.

“The Ingalls, Indiana, city council recently approved a new budget for the city’s upcoming fiscal year.”

3. proper noun

The name of the company that produced the first electric refrigerator, and the company that produced the first electric washing machine, and the company that produced the first electric vacuum cleaner, and the company that produced the first electric water heater, and the company that produced the first electric toaster, and the company that produced the first electric blender, and the company that produced the first electric coffee maker, and the company that produced the first electric iron, and the company that produced the first electric hair dryer, and the company that produced the first electric toothbrush, and the company that produced the first electric shaver, and the company that produced the first electric razor, and the company that produced the first electric hair straightener, and the company that produced the first electric curling iron, and the company that produced the first electric hair curler, and the company that produced the first electric hair roller, and the company that produced the first electric hair dryer, and the company that produced the first electric hair straightener, and the company that produced the first electric curling iron, and the company that produced the first electric hair curler, and the company that produced the first electric hair roller, and the company that produced the first electric hair dryer, and the company that produced the first electric hair straightener, and the company that produced the first electric curling iron, and the company that produced the first electric hair curler, and the company that produced the first electric hair roller.

“The Ingalls Company was a leading manufacturer of electric appliances in the early 20th century.”