Hyde

[hahyd]

noun

Douglas,1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.
Edward. Clarendon, Edward Hyde.

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Examples from the Web for hyde

Contemporary Examples of hyde

When it comes to Israel, President Obama has been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Obama’s Love-Hate Relationship With Israel Explodes
Eli Lake
October 29, 2014
Tichelman had such difficulties with Hyde staff that she was “outposted” to rough it on a school-owned island for a time.
The Black Widow of Silicon Valley
Michael Daly
July 14, 2014
The worst of the bunch was Mary Reilly, a gothic take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and More
Marlow Stern
February 11, 2014
Much of this is already embodied in the Hyde Amendment, a rider annually attached to every appropriations bill since 1977.
House To Pass New Abortion Restrictions
Ben Jacobs
January 28, 2014
“When I was about 4, we went back east for the summer, and they were at Hyde Park,” says Dern.
Bruce Dern’s Long, Strange Trip to Leading Man in Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Marlow Stern
November 13, 2013

Historical Examples of hyde

Ye be my guests, ye wot,” he added, “since ye tarried not for meat at Hyde.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
“We hoped to receive counsel from our uncle at Hyde,” added Ambrose.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
They, therefore, persuaded Sir Hyde to prefer the passage of the Belt.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Robert Southey
I say,” said Hyde Brazzier, “does the mate down there find things as he expected?
Adrift on the Pacific
Edward S. Ellis
The strange story of Hyde and Jekyll is no fiction, after all.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887
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British Dictionary definitions for hyde

Hyde

¹

noun

a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester; textiles, footwear, engineering. Pop: 31 253 (2001)

Hyde

²

noun

Douglas. 1860–1949, Irish scholar and author; first president of Eire (1938–45)
Edward Hyde See Clarendon 2

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Idioms and Phrases with hyde

Hyde

see Jekyll and Hyde.

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