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Lydgate

American  
[lid-geyt, -git] / ˈlɪdˌgeɪt, -gɪt /

noun

  1. John, c1370–1451?, English monk, poet, and translator.


Lydgate British  
/ ˈlɪdˌɡeɪt /

noun

  1. John. ?1370–?1450, English poet and monk. His vast output includes devotional works and translations, such as that of a French version of Boccaccio's The Fall of Princes (1430–38)

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The governor now lives with her current partner, Joanna Lydgate, in Arlington.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

As Lydgate and anyone else who works in the pro-democracy field quickly notes, the big test - what Lydgate calls “the Super Bowl” - awaits in 2024.

From Washington Times Dec. 31, 2023

“Voters sent a very clear message: They believe in our elections, they believe in our freedom to vote,” said Joanna Lydgate, the chief executive of States United Action, a nonpartisan election group.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2022

"Secretaries of state have a huge role to play in overseeing the administration of the election and making sure that the results accurately reflect the will of the voters," said Lydgate.

From Reuters Nov. 8, 2022

The poem, in six line stanzas, is of considerable merit, and entirely moral on the subject of Death, but it is not the Macaber Dance of Lydgate.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

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