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Byatt

American  
[bahy-uht] / ˈbaɪ ət /

noun

  1. A(ntonia) S(usan), 1936–2023, English novelist and short-story writer (sister ofMargaret Drabble ).


Byatt British  
/ ˈbaɪət /

noun

  1. Dame A ( ntonia ) S ( usan ). born 1936, British novelist; her books include The Virgin in the Garden (1978), Possession (1990), and A Whistling Woman (2002)

"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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Another passenger, Brett Byatt, told BBC radio it felt "surreal" the morning after and that he had "moved into the stage of anger now".

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

We witness Byatt wrestling, often magnificently, with the same challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Byatt said seeing "well maintained" military roads on the adjacent Otterburn Ranges which had "proper drainage" added to their frustration.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

But overall, access to perinatal psychiatric care can be painfully slow, and for those with public insurance can take several months, Byatt said.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024

From the northern form we have Yates, Yeats, and Yeatman, and the compounds Byatt, by gate, Hyatt, high gate.

From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley

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