Lydgate

American  

[lid-gayt, -git] / ˈlɪdˌgeɪt, -gɪt /

noun

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

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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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Lydgate

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

“What’s really interesting is that the results there are different from the results for congressional races and state legislative races,” Ms. Lydgate said.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

"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

Noting that she coaches youth basketball, Lydgate added another reason: “Really, what this is is people who are sore losers, people who don’t want to accept defeat.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022

The French version, from which Lydgate made his translation, nearly agrees with the Latin.

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 Francis Douce

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