Prynne

And then, of course, there was poor Hester Prynne—branded with a scarlet letter for mothering a child with another man.
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We ponder other crazy miscasts, from Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code to Demi Moore as Hester Prynne.
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See the various petitions relating to the payment of wages in Prynne's fourth Register.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
Old Thomas Warmstry, as we have seen, held much milder language on this subject than Prynne.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore|Charles Hardwick

Prynne was conducted in triumph to London after the victory of the Parliamentarian party, and became a member of the Commons.
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This desperate act of Communism that tough-headed old lawyer, Prynne, opposed tooth and nail.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
They seemed burned in by the scorn flaming in his eyes, and she thought of the red letter on Hester Prynne's breast.
A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson

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Prynne

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William. 1600–69, English Puritan leader and pamphleteer, whose ears were cut off in punishment for his attacks on Laud

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