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Aldington

American  
[awl-ding-tuhn] / ˈɔl dɪŋ tən /

noun

  1. Richard, 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and composer.


Aldington British  
/ ˈɔːldɪŋtən /

noun

  1. Richard. 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and biographer. His novels include Death of a Hero (1929) and The Colonel's Daughter (1931), which reflect postwar disillusion following World War I

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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H.D. moved there from the United States in 1916, while World War I raged and her marriage to the British poet Richard Aldington unraveled.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2020

Officers were called and climbed through the broken window before waking Aldington and arresting him, the court heard.

From BBC May 9, 2019

He had been selected to take part in the Kent leg of the torch relay because of his charity work in Aldington.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2013

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front answered an unspoken need and helped to create the conditions in which other war novels might, in the words of the hopeful Richard Aldington "go big".

From The Guardian Jun. 11, 2010

In these readings too I was following with great care the career of Douglas in Congress, in which Abigail and Aldington were not so warmly interested.

From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters

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