LANGLAND

Meaning of LANGLAND in English

Pronunciation: ' la ŋ -l ə nd

Function: biographical name

William ca 1330- ca 1400 Eng. poet

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LANGLAND — biographical name William circa 1330- circa 1400 English poet
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LANGLAND — /lang"leuhnd/ , n. William , 1332?-c1400, English poet. Also, Langley .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LANGLAND — biographical name William circa 1330- circa 1400 English poet
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LANGLAND — Langland BrE AmE ˈlæŋ lənd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LANGLAND — ( c. 1330– c. 1386) an English poet whose only known work is Piers Plowman , a poem describing a …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
LANGLAND, WILLIAM — born с 1330 died с 1400 Presumed author of the poem known as "Piers Plowman. " Little is known of …
Английский словарь Британика
LANGLAND, WILLIAM — born c. 1330 died c. 1400 presumed author of one of the greatest examples of Middle English alliterative poetry, generally …
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LANGLAND, WILLIAM — born 0441; 1330 died 0441; 1400 Presumed author of the poem known as "Piers Plowman. " Little is known of …
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WILLIAM LANGLAND — ➡ Langland
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WILLIAM LANGLAND — Лэнгленд, Уильям
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WILLIAM — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aberhart William George William Russell Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen Amis Sir Kingsley William …
Английский словарь Британика
SPRUNG RHYTHM — Poetic rhythm designed to approximate the natural rhythm of speech. It is characterized by the frequent juxtaposition of single accented …
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RAGAMUFFIN — I. ˈragəˌməfə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: from Ragamoffyn, name of a demon in Piers Plowman (1393), attributed to William …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — I. ˈlaŋgwij, ˈlaiŋ-, -wēj sometimes -ŋw- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English langage, language, from Old …
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CONTRACT — I. ˈkän.ˌtrakt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contractus, from contractus, past participle of contrahere to draw …
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PIERS PLOWMAN — /pearz" plow"meuhn/ , ( The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman ) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360-99), ascribed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LANGLEY — /lang"lee/ , n. 1. Edmund of . See York, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of . 2. Samuel Pierpont /pear"pont/ …
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SPRUNG RHYTHM — an irregular system of prosody developed by the 19th-century English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. It is based on the number …
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DREAM ALLEGORY — also called Dream Vision, allegorical tale presented in the narrative framework of a dream. Especially popular in the Middle Ages, …
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JUSSERAND, JEAN(-ADRIEN-ANTOINE-)JULES — born Feb. 18, 1855, Lyon died July 18, 1932, Paris French scholar and diplomat who, as French ambassador to Washington, …
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ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
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ENGLAND — predominant country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It occupies more than half the island of …
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RAGAMUFFIN — rag ‧ a ‧ muf ‧ fin /ˈræɡəˌmʌfən, ˈræɡəˌmʌfɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Ragamoffyn , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIERS PLOWMAN — Piers Plow ‧ man /ˌpɪəz ˈplaʊmən $ ˌpɪərz-/ BrE AmE a religious poem written in ↑ Middle English by William …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPRUNG RHYTHM — Poetic rhythm designed to approximate the natural rhythm of speech. It is characterized by the frequent juxtaposition of single accented …
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WILLIAM — Huddie William Ledbetter Aberhart William George William Russell Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen Amis Sir Kingsley William Ashley William Henry …
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POET
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PIERS PLOWMAN — a long poem written in the late 14th century by William Langland. The poem describes a vision (= a religious …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MIDDLE ENGLISH — From the 12th century Middle English replaced Norman French as the most widely spoken language in England but, until the …
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ЛЭНГЛЕНД, УИЛЬЯМ — William Langland
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