Blake

[ bleyk ]

noun
  1. Hector "Toe", 1912–1995, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

  2. James Hubert "Eubie", 1883–1983, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.

  1. Robert, 1599–1657, British admiral.

  2. William, 1757–1827, English poet, engraver, and painter.

  3. a male or female given name.

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How to use Blake in a sentence

  • And the secret of this was that Susy Blake possessed much of an unconscious influence called loving-kindness.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Thereafter he went into a contemplative frame of mind to the docks, and found Sam Blake as usual in his bunk.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Accordingly the Marshal was able to surprise and defeat Blake, and then to turn and inflict a similar defeat on Cuesta.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • Blake and Cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • For the rest Blake was as far from suspecting Mr. Wilding's peculiar frame of mind as had Richard been last night.

    Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for Blake

Blake

/ (bleɪk) /


noun
  1. Sir Peter . born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)

  2. Sir Quentin (Saxby). born 1932, British artist, illustrator, and children's writer; noted esp for his illustrations to books by Roald Dahl

  1. Robert . 1599–1657, English admiral, who commanded Cromwell's fleet against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish

  2. William . 1757–1827, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic. His literary works include Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), and Jerusalem (1820). His chief works in the visual arts include engravings of a visionary nature, such as the illustrations for The Book of Job (1826), for Dante's poems, and for his own Prophetic Books (1783–1804)

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