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Kyd

American  
[kid] / kɪd /
Or Kid

noun

  1. Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist.


Kyd British  
/ kɪd /

noun

  1. Thomas. 1558–94, English dramatist, noted for his revenge play The Spanish Tragedy (1586)

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New discoveries and old hunches borne out by computer analysis have indicated how often and how deeply he collaborated with writers such as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd and John Fletcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

In 2004 he helped repossess the $3.5-million General Kyd Stradivarius cello on loan from the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2020

Capt Jerry Kyd called the ceremony the "culmination of a number of years of real excitement".

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2017

It’s a promising relationship with a bit of an edge you can feel in the familiar rhythms and unsteady pauses Kyd and Ring bring to the couple’s bright talk.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2017

When Kyd, after quoting from Bishop Watson, said, "Gentlemen, observe the weakness of this answer," Lord Kenyon exclaimed: "I cannot sit in this place and hear this kind of discussion."

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel