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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The precisely tuned ensemble — fast talkers, nimble movers — is rounded out by Marcus Kyd as the rules-mongering official Trivelin and Mark Jaster as the doddering, rich Pantaloon character who wants a young wife.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2017

In stage presentation the play also shows a wide departure from Kyd, especially in the indescribable comic underplot.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

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