Housman

American  

[hous-muhn] / ˈhaʊs mən /

noun

1. A(lfred) E(dward), 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.

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Housman British  

/ ˈhaʊsmən /

noun

1. A ( lfred ) E ( dward ). 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar, author of A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922)

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Example Sentences

For this portrait of poet A. E. Housman, Stoppard once again turned to historical figures for his cast.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

"The thick tension between old, hardened Captain Quint and young, sarcastic oceanographer Matt Hooper is due in part to the actors' real-life on-set rivalry," said Screen Rant's Andrew Housman.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2021

Housman — this haven for the anti-establishment opened in King’s Cross in 1959.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2019

Housman was last seen alive on Nov. 18, 1993, after getting off the school bus less than a block from her home in the St. Louis suburb of St. Ann.

From Fox News • Jun. 5, 2019

No one paid much attention to the final speaker, Henry himself, who went to the podium and read, inaudibly and without comment, a short poem by A. E. Housman.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt