Byron

[bahy-ruhn]

noun

1. George Gordon, Lord 6th Baron Byron, 1788–1824, English poet.

2. a male given name.

Byron

/ baɪˈrɒnɪk, ˈbaɪərən /

noun

1. George Gordon , 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence

Byron

1. British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage in the development of the analytical engine, an early computer. Byron's most important contribution was the compilation of detailed notations about how the machine could be programmed.

Other Word Forms

• Byronic adjective
• Byronism noun
• Byronically adverb

Example Sentences

They and their friend Lord Byron were spending the summer by the lake when a bad dream and a competition to make up scary stories spawned the idea that became Frankenstein.

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"Many people also forget that she played Mary Shelley, who tells her frightening tale of man trying to play God to poets Shelley and Byron, at the beginning of the film," Mr Michaels says.

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"Together with our players we've had a singular goal: to craft the best Battlefield ever," said general manager of the game Byron Beede.

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Researchers could only be confident that the amount of oil tested fell somewhere between those extremes, said Byron Jones, one of the architects of the FAA-funded study.

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He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Byron White and worked as an aide to then-Sen.

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