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Dowson

[ dou-suhn ]

noun

  1. Ernest (Christopher), 1867–1900, English poet.


Dowson

/ ˈdaʊsən /

noun

  1. DowsonErnest (Christopher)18671900MEnglishWRITING: poet Ernest ( Christopher ). 1867–1900, English Decadent poet noted for his lyric Cynara
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Her woman's name was Mrs. Dowson and she was a quiet decent body who would manage the household.

Ernest Dowson's most beautiful verses are on the Extreme Unction.

A son of Mr. Benjamin Dowson, merchant, of Geldeston, he was born in 1800.

In the poetry of Ernest Dowson he read something of his own failure to realise the things he had hoped for.

Mr. Dowson, dimly conscious that something was wrong, stopped and puffed hard at his pipe.

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