(d.1423), English merchant and Lord Mayor of London; full name Sir Richard Whittington. Whittington was a mercer who became Lord Mayor three times (1397–8; 1406–7; 1419–20). The legend of his early life as a poor orphan was first recorded in 1605.
Definition of Whittington, Dick in US English:
Whittington, Dick
proper nounˈ(h)witiNGtən
(died 1423), English merchant and lord mayor of London 1397–98, 1406–07, and 1419–20; full name Sir Richard Whittington. The legend of his early life as a poor orphan was first recorded in 1605.