Powys

[ poh-is ]

noun

1. John Cowper, 1872–1963, English author.
2. his brother Llewelyn, 1884–1939, English author.
3. his brother Theodore Francis, 1875–1953, English author.
4. a county in E Wales. 1,960 sq. mi. (5,077 sq. km).

Powys

¹

/ ˈpaʊɪs /

noun

1. a county in E Wales, formed in 1974 from most of Breconshire, Montgomeryshire, and Radnorshire. Administrative centre: Llandrindod Wells. Pop: 129 300 (2003 est). Area: 5077 sq km (1960 sq miles)

Powys

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/ ˈpəʊɪs /

noun

1. PowysJohn Cowper18721963MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: essayistWRITING: poet John Cowper (ˈkuːpə). 1872–1963, British novelist, essayist, and poet, who spent much of his life in the US His novels include Wolf Solent (1929), A Glastonbury Romance (1932), and Owen Glendower (1940)
2. PowysLlewelyn18841939MBritishWRITING: essayistWRITING: journalist his brother, Llewelyn. 1884–1939, British essayist and journalist
3. PowysT(heodore) F(rancis)18751953MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer his brother, T ( heodore ) F ( rancis ). 1875–1953, British novelist and short-story writer, noted for such religious fables as Mr Weston's Good Wine (1927) and Unclay (1931)

Example Sentences

Mr. Powys moved a clause to repeal expressly and by name the Massachusetts Charter Act.

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On the plea of kinship he visited her in Pembroke Castle, set it on fire, and while it was blazing carried her away into Powys.

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Caradoc of Men'wygent, the younger bard of Gwenwyn prince of Powys-land.

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Mrs Powys, with her rigid sense of the proprieties, almost wished to reject the proposal.

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At any rate, Colonel Powys had tenants on the brain—his own tenants having shot at him with shot-guns.

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