Edgeworth

[ ej-wurth ]

/ ˈɛdʒ wɜrθ /

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noun

Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.

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Words nearby Edgeworth

edge tool, edge wave, edgeways, edgewise, Edgewood, Edgeworth, edging, edging lobelia, edgy, edh, Édhessa

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How to use Edgeworth in a sentence

Richard Lovell Edgeworth, an English philanthropist and practical philosopher, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
I had forgotten there was such a person as Abbé Edgeworth, when he led a horse upon the ferry boat.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Abbé Edgeworth galloped well, keeping beside me where there was room, or riding behind where there was not.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
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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British Dictionary definitions for Edgeworth

Edgeworth

/ (ˈɛdʒwɜːθ) /

noun

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

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