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Tennyson

American  
[ten-uh-suhn] / ˈtɛn ə sən /

noun

  1. Alfred, Lord 1st Baron, 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.


Tennyson British  
/ ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən, ˈtɛnɪsən /

noun

  1. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1809–92, English poet; poet laureate (1850–92). His poems include The Lady of Shalott (1832), Morte d'Arthur (1842), the collection In Memoriam (1850), Maud (1855), and Idylls of the King (1859)

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“It was insanely busy,” said Tennyson, who is 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Tennyson never made it to the Southern Section track preliminaries after winning the league title.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Its deputy leader Eoin Tennyson said Westminster also had a responsibility around VAT and fuel duty, as Stormont had limited powers to intervene.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Ancient, patriarchal and oracular, Tennyson was not merely the poet laureate of England; he was, like his queen, a symbol of the British Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He believed, like the man in Lord Tennyson, that people could only have the strength of ten cm account of their hearts being pure.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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