BECKFORD

Meaning of BECKFORD in English

/bek"feuhrd/ , n.

William , 1759-1844, English writer.

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BECKFORD — County: Hereford and Worcester Post Code: GL20
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BECKFORD — biographical name William 1760-1844 English author
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BECKFORD — biographical name William 1760-1844 English author
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BECKFORD — Beckford BrE AmE ˈbek fəd AmE \ -f ə rd
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BECKFORD — Pronunciation: ' bek-f ə rd Function: biographical name William 1760-1844 Eng. author
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BECKFORD, WILLIAM — born Sept. 29, 1760, London, Eng. died May 2, 1844, Bath, Somerset English dilettante, novelist, and eccentric. He is remembered …
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BECKFORD, WILLIAM — (baptized Dec. 19, 1709, Jamaica, British West Indies-June 21, 1770, London, Eng.), gentleman merchant, member of Parliament, and lord mayor …
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BECKFORD, WILLIAM — born Sept. 29, 1760, London, Eng. died May 2, 1844, Bath, Somerset English dilettante, novelist, and eccentric. He is remembered …
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WILLIAM THOMAS BECKFORD — Бекфорд, 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 …
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ROUT — I. ˈrau̇t, usu -d.+V intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English routen, from Old English hrūtan; akin to Old …
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HARROW
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CHANNEL — I. ˈchan ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English chanel, from Old French, from Latin canalis pipe, channel …
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BRAVE — I. ˈbrāv adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian & Old Spanish bravo courageous, wild; Old Italian …
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SULLEN — ˈsələn adjective ( often -er/-est ) Etymology: earlier sollen, sollein, from Middle English solein, solain sullen, solitary, single, probably from …
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WYATT, JAMES — born Aug. 3, 1746, Burton Constable, Staffordshire, Eng. died Sept. 4, 1813, near Marlborough, Wiltshire English architect chiefly remembered for …
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POMBAL, SEBASTIAO DE CARVALHO, MARQUES DE — Additional reading J.C. Murphy, Travels in Portugal (1795), recollections and comments on the policies of Pombal; Viscont de Santarem, Quadro …
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MAVOR, ELIZABETH
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INTERIOR DESIGN IN THE WEST — Interior design in the West Renaissance to the end of the 18th century The Renaissance was a revival of the …
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GOTHIC NOVEL — European Romantic, pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent …
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COZENS, JOHN ROBERT — born 1752, London died December 1797, London British draftsman and painter whose watercolours influenced several generations of British landscape painters. …
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COZENS, ALEXANDER — born 1717, St. Petersburg, Russia died April 23, 1786, London Russian-born British draftsman and painter who, along with his son …
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CLEMENTI, MUZIO — born Jan. 24, 1752, Rome, Papal States died March 10, 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng. Italian-born English pianist and composer whose …
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ANDERSON, PATRICK — born Aug. 4, 1915, Ashtead, Surrey, Eng. died March 17, 1979, Halstead, Essex in full Patrick John Macallister Anderson English-born …
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MAKE
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LOVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog lover (= someone who loves dogs ) ▪ Britain is a nation of …
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HERETIC — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Joan of Arc was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake. EXAMPLES …
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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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WRITER
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БЕКФОРД, УИЛЬЯМ — William Thomas Beckford
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ЧАТТЕРТОН — (Chatterton, Thomas) (1752-1770), английский поэт. Родился 20 ноября 1752 в Бристоле уже после смерти отца, церковного пономаря. Мальчиком много времени …
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БЕКФОРД — (Beckford, William) (1760-1844), английский прозаик. Родился 29 сентября 1760 в Фонтхилле (графство Уилтшир). Не знающий счета деньгам оригинал, Бекфорд воздвиг …
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