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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

No Aldington, no Manning, and certainly no Jones.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2011

In fact, except for the verse of Juan Ramón Jiménez, it would be in America and England rather than in Spain, in Aldington and Amy Lowell, that one would find analogous aims and methods.

From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John

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