Delany

American  

[duh-ley-nee] / dəˈleɪ ni /

noun

1. Martin Robinson, 1812–85, U.S. physician, army officer, and political reformer: leader of the Black Nationalist movement.

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Example Sentences

And no one would make more of that change than Jim Delany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Gareth Delany top-scored for the Irish with an enterprising 14-ball 26 while the near-unplayable Jasprit Bumrah collected a miserly 2-6.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

The Delany Room, an open-concept meeting room added to the library in the 1970s, is one of Dayton’s most treasured free resources.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Some recent revelations include the visionary abstract painter Hilma af Klint of Sweden, the genius American quilter Rosie Lee Tompkins and Mary Delany, an 18th-century British polymath who created some of Western art’s first collages.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

I wish he lived in England, I should not only have a great deal of entertainment from him, but improvement.'—Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, vol. i., p.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John