Edgeworth

[ ej-wurth ]

noun

1. Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.

Edgeworth

/ ˈɛdʒwɜːθ /

noun

1. EdgeworthMaria17671849FAnglo-IrishWRITING: novelist Maria. 1767–1849, Anglo-Irish novelist: her works include Castle Rackrent (1800) and The Absentee (1812)

Example Sentences

Richard Lovell Edgeworth, an English philanthropist and practical philosopher, died.

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I had forgotten there was such a person as Abbé Edgeworth, when he led a horse upon the ferry boat.

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Abbé Edgeworth galloped well, keeping beside me where there was room, or riding behind where there was not.

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I told Abbé Edgeworth we would dismount and tie our horses a little distance away.

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I wheeled and walked across the floor from Abbé Edgeworth, and turned again and faced him.

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