Macaulay

American  

[muh-kaw-lee] / məˈkɔ li /

noun

1. Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.

2. Thomas Babington 1st Baron, 1800–59, English historian, author, and statesman.

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Macaulay British  

/ məˈkɔːlɪ /

noun

1. Dame Rose. 1881–1958, British novelist. Her books include Dangerous Ages (1921) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956)

2. Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. 1800–59, English historian, essayist, and statesman. His History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848–61) is regarded as a classic of the Whig interpretation of history

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Other Word Forms

• Macaulayan adjective
• Macaulayism noun

Example Sentences

“Macaulay broke our self-confidence,” Mr. Modi said in a speech in New Delhi last month.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their approaches, wrote the 19th-century historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, differ as “a portrait differs from the representation of an imaginary scene.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Christie's prints expert Murray Macaulay described the illustration for Blake's best known work as "charming" and a "little more Tigger than Tyger".

From Barron's

“I bet you never imagined the father of your kid looking like Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone.’”

From Salon

She had been working an office job and enjoyed a trip to London with her husband Macaulay.

From BBC