Lytton

[ lit-n ]

noun
  1. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton of Kneb·worth [neb-wert], /ˈnɛb wərt/, 1803–73, English novelist, dramatist, and politician.

  2. his son, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl Lytton "Owen Meredith", 1831–91, English statesman and poet.

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How to use Lytton in a sentence

  • This is what Owen Meredith did in his song; so does his friend and comrade in his.

  • I read some lines the other day wise enough to have sprung from an older brain than Owen Meredith's.

    Guy Livingstone; | George A. Lawrence
  • Lytton is probably better known as a poet—under the pen-name of “Owen Meredith”—than as a statesman.

  • Here the influence of Owen Meredith is very strong, but it is the influence due to sympathy, not to imitation.

  • The laurel which I enclose is from the casket of dear Owen Meredith.

    Louise Chandler Moulton | Lilian Whiting

British Dictionary definitions for Lytton

Lytton

/ (ˈlɪtən) /


noun
  1. 1st Baron, title of Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton. 1803–73, British novelist, dramatist, and statesman, noted particularly for his historical romances

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