Surtees

[ sur-teez ]

noun

1. Robert Smith, 1805–64, English editor and writer.

Surtees

/ ˈsɜːtiːz /

noun

1. SurteesJohn1934MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: racing motorcyclistSPORT AND GAMES: racing driver John. born 1934, British racing motorcyclist and motor-racing driver. He was motorcycling world champion (1956, 1958–60) and Formula One world champion (1964), the only man to have been world champion in both sports
2. SurteesRobert Smith18031864MBritishWRITING: journalistWRITING: novelist Robert Smith. 1803–64, British journalist and novelist, who satirized the sporting life of the English gentry in such works as Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838)

Example Sentences

Bruce Surtees, called “the Prince of Darkness,” photographed the movie.

From The Daily Beast

The “Willimondswick” mentioned in the ballad of Surtees was one of the very numerous Ridleys of this district.

From Project Gutenberg

What was my astonishment to hear from Mr Surtees, not the next only, but line after line of the passage I had touched upon.

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They are all three, however, mere figments of Surtees's imagination.

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It was most distressing to Mr. Surtees to see this tall, dignified woman collapse into such a bitter abandonment of weeping.

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Mr. Surtees assured her that the Judge would be certain to demand a private interview with the boy.

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