D'Avenant

American  

[dav-uh-nuhnt] / ˈdæv ə nənt /

Or Davenant

noun

1. Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.

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Davenant British  

/ ˈdævənənt /

noun

1. Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)

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Example Sentences

Thus Will, intending D’Avenant to grace, Has made a notch in’s name like that in’s face.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Among the personal foibles of D’Avenant appears a desire to disguise his humble origin; and to give it an air of lineal descent, he probably did not write his name as his father had done.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

The warehouse had been erected on the site of the Duke’s Theatre, which was built by D’Avenant in 1660. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

D’Avenant was a man who had viewed human life in all its shapes, and had himself taken them.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Sir William D’Avenant, the author of the comedy, complained to the king of this exercise of the censorship, and His Majesty, after reading the play for himself, negatived the decision of the licenser.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian