Byron

[ bahy-ruhn ]

/ ˈbaɪ rən /

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noun

George Gordon, Lord 6th Baron Byron, 1788–1824, English poet.

a male given name.

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by rights, Byrne, Byrnes, byrnie, by-road, Byron, Byron, George Gordon, Lord, Byronic, Byronic hero, byrrus, byssinosis

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How to use Byron in a sentence

Holmes explained that Romantic poets and writers, including Keats, Byron, and the Shelleys—Percy Blythe and Mary—read deeply in science, incorporating the latest theories in astronomy, evolution, and physics into their poems and novels.
Who Said Science and Art Were Two Cultures? - Issue 108: Change|Kevin Berger|November 17, 2021|Nautilus
While the power Byron wields over Hazel is inherently chilling, there is more warmth between her and Herbert.
HBO Max's Offbeat Tech Satire Made for Love Goes Down Easy—Maybe Too Easy|Judy Berman|April 1, 2021|Time
One episode opens with a TV news segment on the Gogols, which Byron spontaneously starts directing when Hazel ventures off-script.
HBO Max's Offbeat Tech Satire Made for Love Goes Down Easy—Maybe Too Easy|Judy Berman|April 1, 2021|Time
Serge, a Roman nose and swarthy menace, eyes seductive and haunted, Lord Byron crooning lewd chansons.
Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting|Jeff Weiss|March 19, 2021|Washington Post

This is a place where Byron York is a celebrity, Andrew Breitbart a fallen hero, and Ronald Reagan a God.
CPAC: Come for the Crazy, Stay for the Party|Michelle Cottle|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like all Western interventionists, Byron made his share of miscalculations and blunders.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Exile had also given Byron his first taste of insurrection and intrigue.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Byron certainly embodied more than even their combined share of vices.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The following poem entitled "Weedless," after Byron's "Darkness," gives a vivid description of the world without tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Among these may still be seen the rudely cut letters of the names of Byron, Sheridan and Peele.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
British commodore Byron sailed from the Downs in the Dolphin, on his voyage round the world.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Sit down in that corner behind the bookcase and I'll read to you from one of the old poets, Byron, belike.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for Byron

Byron

/ (ˈbaɪərən) /

noun

George Gordon, 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence

Derived forms of Byron

Byronic (baɪˈrɒnɪk), adjectiveByronically, adverbByronism, noun

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Scientific definitions for Byron

Byron

[ bī′rən ]

Augusta Ada. Countess of Lovelace 1815-1852

British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage in the development of the analytical engine, an early computer. Byron's most important contribution was the compilation of detailed notations about how the machine could be programmed.