Arne

[ ahrn ]

/ ɑrn /

noun

Thomas Augustine,1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.

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Friday afternoon, I received an email from Marriott International CEO Arne Sorensen.
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Secretary Arne Duncan is right about the No Child Left Behind law: It is an unmitigated disaster.
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Among the excommunicated is the former two-term Republican Governor Arne Carlson.
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“I wanted him to represent Wall Street, but Arne got me Rothschild,” Samaras says, referring to Evelyn de Rothschild.
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Arne Duncan's Race to the Top program handed out almost $5 billion to promote these ideas.
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Then the father laughed; and Arne felt it was ridiculous and began, too.
Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life|Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
"Arne, you mustn't go away," she said; and the words came warm to his heart.
Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life|Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
Well, we shall have to spend the night in the wilderness, as sure as I am Arne of Guldvik.
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When Arne saw them, he often wondered who it might be that now came to woo Eli Ben.
Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life|Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
If Arne composed music for the above, it was never published.
Dr. Arne and Rule, Britannia|William Hayman Cummings

British Dictionary definitions for arne

Arne

/ (ɑːn) /

noun

Thomas (Augustine). 1710–78, English composer, noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs and for his song Rule Britannia

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