Langland

[ lang-luhnd ]

noun

1. William, 1332?–c1400, English poet.

Langland

/ ˈlæŋlənd /

noun

1. LanglandWilliam?1332?1400MEnglishWRITING: poet William. ?1332–?1400, English poet. The allegorical religious poem in alliterative verse, The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, is attributed to him

Example Sentences

Langland readily promised to return to the Castle and give her the message, and Annys again sought his hiding-place.

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With Chaucer, Langland, and these illuminators we have a complete exhibition of English life of these times.

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The England of Langland is bitter, discontented, and sullen.

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Even in the time of Langland, pilgrimages to Walsingham were not unfavourable to the rites of Venus.

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As Langland was not the first, so neither was he the last that used this alliterative species of versification.

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