Tennyson

[ ten-uh-suhn ]

noun
  1. Alfred, Lord 1st Baron, 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.

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How to use Tennyson in a sentence

  • The grandest and most fully representative figure in all Victorian literature is of course Alfred Tennyson.

    The Victorian Age | William Ralph Inge
  • Alfred Tennyson had only just gathered his earliest laurels.

    Records of a Girlhood | Frances Ann Kemble
  • From first to last Alfred Tennyson has recognized that the mission of the poet is that of an æsthetic teacher.

  • Thousands of people all over the world honour, and ought to honour, every word that falls from the pen of Alfred Tennyson.

    Shadows of the Stage | William Winter
  • And here another, which would versify into a fine horrible ballad—as grand and ghastly as Alfred Tennyson's "Sisters:"

British Dictionary definitions for Tennyson

Tennyson

/ (ˈtɛnɪsən) /


noun
  1. 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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