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• D'Avenant
  D'Avenant

  noun

  Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.
• Davenant
  Davenant

  noun

  Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)

D'Avenant

American  

[dav-uh-nuhnt] / ˈdæv ə nənt /

Or Davenant

noun

1. Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.

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Davenant British  

/ ˈdævənənt /

noun

1. Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)

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Example Sentences

D'Avenant himself was said to own a complimentary letter written to Shakespeare by James I, and the publisher Lintot says that the Duke of Buckinghamshire claimed to have examined the document.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan

Shakspeare could not have expressed his feelings, in his own style, more eloquently touching than D’Avenant.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

According to the same compiler, the story was related by D’Avenant to Betterton; but Rowe, to whom Betterton communicated it, made no use of it. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

The warehouse had been erected on the site of the Duke’s Theatre, which was built by D’Avenant in 1660. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

One of the curiosities in the history of our poetry, is the Gondibert of D’Avenant; and the fortunes and the fate of this epic are as extraordinary as the poem itself.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac