Chatterton

[ chat-er-tuh n ]

/ ˈtʃæt ər tən /

noun

Thomas,1752–70, English poet.

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Examples from the Web for chatterton

Chatterton has spent much of his life acting and writing for community theater.
Midwinter Madness in New York 2011|Lizzie Crocker|February 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Mrs. Chatterton was angrily pacing up and down the room.
Five Little Peppers at School|Margaret Sidney
Amédée Cloux, poet, emulated the literary forgeries of Chatterton at closer range.
Paris and the Social Revolution|Alvan Francis Sanborn
Chatterton in his extreme old age, after a life of remarkable piety, became a maniac and was obliged to be confined.
Log-book of Timothy Boardman|Samuel W Boardman

"I must congratulate you upon your escape, Mr. Chatterton," he said.
The League of the Leopard|Harold Bindloss
But Chatterton was not considering the weather; he glanced at the clock before he turned toward the owner of Culmeny.
The League of the Leopard|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for chatterton

Chatterton

/ (ˈtʃætətən) /

noun

Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17

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