Dryden

[ drahyd-n ]

/ ˈdraɪd n /

noun

John,1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic.

OTHER WORDS FROM Dryden

Dry·de·ni·an

[drahy-dee-nee-uh n, -deen-yuh n] /draɪˈdi ni ən, -ˈdin yən/, Dry·den·ic

[drahy-den-ik] /draɪˈdɛn ɪk/, adjective

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Katie graduated from Dryden and went on to the State University of New York at Oswego.

The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town |E. Jean Carroll |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was released last summer and is taking classes at Tompkins-Cortland Community College in Dryden.

The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town |E. Jean Carroll |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“I know Mr. and Mrs. Bolduc because I lived in Dryden,” says Foley.

The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town |E. Jean Carroll |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Coach Starr is admired; his wife, Judy, is clever and good-looking, and his three daughters are the goddesses of Dryden High.

The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town |E. Jean Carroll |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The Starr sisters are visiting my room at the Best Western Hotel outside Dryden.

The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town |E. Jean Carroll |April 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He affirms, That scarce a poet from Homer down to Dryden ever felt his fire diminished merely by his advance in years.

Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works |Anonymous
There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes |Samuel Johnson
He is now best known from Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the "Absalom and Achitophel."

The Town |Leigh Hunt
Dryden, at this time, was favourable to rhymed tragedies, which his practice supported.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 |Henry Hallam
In some respects Dryden certainly suffers greatly by the comparison.

The Age of Dryden |Richard Garnett

British Dictionary definitions for dryden

Dryden

/ (ˈdraɪdən) /

noun

John. 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic of the Augustan period, commonly regarded as the chief exponent of heroic tragedy. His major works include the tragedy All for Love (1677), the verse satire Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and the Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668)

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