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Langtry

American  
[lang-tree] / ˈlæŋ tri /

noun

  1. Lillie Emily Charlotte Le Bretonthe Jersey Lily, 1852–1929, English actress.


Langtry British  
/ ˈlæŋtrɪ /

noun

  1. Lillie, known as the Jersey Lily, real name Émilie Charlotte le Breton. 1852–1929, English actress, noted for her beauty and for her friendship with Edward VII

"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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Avalanche, co-founded by ex-Blue Origin engineers Riordan and Robin Langtry, entered the race to fusion in 2018 and has patented a new lunchbox-sized fusion reactor dubbed “Orbitron.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 26, 2022

King had discovered the Murphys while researching Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas, for “Island of the Mad”; reading about the Murphys, she came across Langtry, who lived in Monaco at the same time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2020

Before we gaze upon Mrs. Langtry and other such Alcatraz plants with names, Beary displays the earliest known photograph of the Rock.

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2018

The Irish owners of Lillie’s Victorian Establishment, a pair of Manhattan bars devoted to the actress Lillie Langtry, have opened a cheerfully opulent bar honoring her friend Oscar Wilde.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2017

Mrs. Langtry, and a host of other personages, large and small, and medium-sized.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

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