Symonds

[ sim-uhndz ]

noun

1. John Add·ing·ton [ad, -ing-t, uh, n], 1840–93, English poet, essayist, and critic.

Symonds

/ ˈsɪməndz /

noun

1. SymondsJohn Addington18401893MEnglishWRITING: writer John Addington (ˈædɪŋtən). 1840–93, English writer, noted for his Renaissance in Italy (1875–86) and for studies of homosexuality

Example Sentences

The “cultural collision of Brits and Yanks threatened but never quite broke the partnership,” writes Symonds.

From The Daily Beast

Symonds denies, however, that Ford modeled Jack Ryan on him.

From The Daily Beast

Pre-eminent naval historian Craig L. Symonds talks about how the Allies devised, executed, and then survived the D-Day invasion.

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Author of numerous books of American naval history, Symonds spent almost 30 years as a professor of history at the Naval Academy.

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I remember when Symonds dedicated a book to me; I wrote and told him of “the pang of gratified vanity” with which I had read it.

From Project Gutenberg

He may have been a Philistine, as Mr. Symonds calls him, but he was surely a Philistine of genius.

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Captain Symonds was himself a thorough sailor, and he showed his love of his profession by sending four of his sons into the navy.

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To prevent this Captain Symonds ordered the Hussar to chase her away, we making as if we were about to follow.

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As soon as she came up with the fleet Captain Symonds sent me on board to inquire what had happened.

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