Tennyson

[ ten-uh-suh n ]

/ ˈtɛn ə sən /

noun

Alfred, Lord1st Baron,1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.

Example sentences from the Web for tennyson

The America chapter is sandwiched between one chapter on Tennyson and another on Hardy.

John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature |Malcolm Forbes |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The English Ross and Sanders, 41, have two children together, Skyla, 7, and Tennyson, 5, known as “Sonny.”

Meet Liberty Ross, the Model Rupert Sanders Jilted for Kristen Stewart |Isabel Wilkinson |July 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He quotes Tennyson; he compares himself to Nixon; he filibusters about cervical cancer.

The Best of Blago |The Daily Beast |January 26, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
As Tennyson puts it, "The individual withers and the world is more and more."

The Unseen World and Other Essays |John Fiske

In 1872, Mr. Tennyson purchased a small estate on the top of Blackdown.

Tennyson's Life and Poetry |Eugene Parsons
One of his papers was an amusing burlesque on Timbuctoo, the subject for the prize poem, won by Tennyson, for 1829.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
The story of his insanity, so beautifully treated by Tennyson, may or may not be true.

The World's Greatest Books -- Volume 17 -- Poetry and Drama |Various
Grandis prfatio tenui incepto—a sort of apology to Tennyson for implying that he needs illustration.

Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for tennyson

Tennyson

/ (ˈtɛnɪsən) /

noun

Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1809–92, English poet; poet laureate (1850–92). His poems include The Lady of Shalott (1832), Morte d'Arthur (1842), the collection In Memoriam (1850), Maud (1855), and Idylls of the King (1859)

Derived forms of Tennyson

Tennysonian (ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən), adjective, noun

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