Henley
1 Americannoun
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Henleys
plural
noun
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Beth (Becker), born 1952, U.S. playwright.
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William Ernest, 1849–1903, English poet, critic, and editor.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Henley
After a style traditionally worn by rowers at Henley-on-Thames
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Why don’t I diversify where I can live?’” said Basil Mohr-Elzeki, a managing partner at Henley & Partners, a residency and citizenship firm with an office in Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Henley has previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
More rich Americans are seeking residency and citizenship programs abroad than any other nationality, says Basil Mohr-Elzeki, head of private clients Americas at London migration specialist Henley & Partners.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Mrs. Henley was our seventh grade art teacher who just couldn’t handle getting old.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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To most adults, let alone children, the situations the Henleys face every day would be hard to bear.
From BBC ● May 30, 2012
All the Henleys have become caregivers for Mike, bolstered by the aides who come to their house every day since he entered hospice care.
From BBC ● May 30, 2012
The Henleys went from living on two salaries to one.
From BBC ● May 30, 2012
Mrs. Palmer, who troubled herself little about the future, was for ever going off to Dean's Yard, where the Henleys were comfortably established.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
The small green-bound Henleys stand in a row.
From Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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