Burney
Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
his daughter, Frances or Fanny Madame D'Arblay, 1752–1840, English novelist and diarist.
Words Nearby Burney
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Burney in a sentence
And Burney says in 1772 that the instrumental performers had been some time previously of the first class.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksIt's a big class, you know, over two hundred, under Dean Burney.
Ramsey Milholland | Booth TarkingtonMiss Burney is quite sensibly frank in her inability to fathom this imbecility.
Laurence Sterne in Germany | Harvey Waterman ThayerThe secret of this attachment was soon discovered by Fanny Burney, but Johnson at most only suspected it.
Other men bereft of a pleasure might have recourse to other delights, but Burney had only two comforts in life.
Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for Burney
/ (ˈbɜːnɪ) /
Charles . 1726–1814, English composer and music historian, whose books include A General History of Music (1776–89)
his daughter, Frances . known as Fanny; married name Madame D'Arblay . 1752–1840, English novelist and diarist: author of Evelina (1778). Her Diaries and Letters (1768–1840) are of historical interest
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
Browse