Byron

[ bahy-ruh n ]

/ ˈbaɪ rən /

noun

George Gordon, Lord6th Baron Byron, 1788–1824, English poet.

a male given name.

Examples from the Web for byron

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
That Byron himself had been raised a Scotsman and a Calvinist placed him from birth slightly askew from the ruling British elite.
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
The poet Byron's bedroom remains almost as he left it, and on the lawn is the monument to his favorite dog, "Boatswain."
England, Picturesque and Descriptive|Joel Cook
Byron had sworn to love man and nature, and to glorify their works, on the very instant he seeks to degrade and vilify.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 64 No. 396 October 1848|Various
I remember one of his old friends saying, "Byron, how well you are looking!"
Stories of Authors, British and American|Edwin Watts Chubb
Byron stayed at Sécheron, but used often to row over to visit them.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole
She admitted the genius of Byron, but had such detestation of his character that she would not read his poetry.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

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 FormsByronic (baɪˈrɒnɪk), adjectiveByronically, adverbByronism, noun

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Science 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.

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