Bax

American

[baks] / bæks /

noun

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, 1883–1953, English composer.

Bax British

/ bæks /

noun

Sir Arnold ( Edward Trevor ). 1883–1953, English composer of romantic works, often based on Celtic legends, including the tone poem Tintagel (1917)

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Bax Botanics offers variations like Sea Buckhorn and Verbena, with verbena, mint, fennel and citrus.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2023

The people of Central African Republic aren’t more secure, said Pauline Bax, Africa Program deputy director of the International Crisis Group think tank.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Kirsten Bax, who lives near Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway, said it was the worst incident she could remember.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2021

Bax, well known to New York audiences in chamber music over the past decade, started with a tone of pristine Classicism that swiftly dissolved into washes of dreamier mistiness, without ever losing clarity.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Another set of footsteps crashed down the path toward me, and I almost hid behind a tree, until I recognized the outline—it was Bax.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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