Irving

[ ur-ving ]

noun
  1. Sir Henry John Henry Brodribb, 1838–1905, English actor.

  2. John, born 1942, U.S.-Canadian novelist, born in the United States.

  1. Washington, 1783–1859, U.S. essayist, story writer, and historian.

  2. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.

  3. a male given name.

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Irving

/ (ˈɜːvɪŋ) /


noun
  1. Sir Henry. real name John Henry Brodribb. 1838–1905, English actor and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (1878–1902)

  2. Washington. 1783–1859, US essayist and short-story writer, noted for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1820), which contains the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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