Besant

[bez-uhnt, buh-zant, bez-uhnt]

noun

1. Annie (Wood), 1847–1933, English theosophist.

2. Sir Walter, 1836–1901, English novelist.

Besant

/ ˈbɛzənt, bɪˈzænt /

noun

1. Annie , née Wood . 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India

Example Sentences

Naidu and Besant led a delegation of Indian women to lay out their arguments for the right to vote before the Secretary of State.

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Shooting sequences for the BBC's new Frozen Planet series brought Raymond Besant up close to the dramatic effects of climate change in the Arctic.

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Harris’s white pantsuit, Subin noted, was the latest in a long line of pointedly white garments worn by female politicians: suits sported by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro and Shirley Chisholm, and dresses worn by British suffragists before that, leading all the way back to anti-colonial activist Annie Besant, who fashioned herself as a kind of saint, draping a white sari over a white dress.

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“It was those walks on the beach with my grandfather on Besant Nagar that have had a profound impact on who I am today,” she said.

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Scriabin was drawn to London, where the Theosophist Annie Besant was headquartered, and Ogden was well equipped to capture that occult.

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