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Sassoon

American  
[sa-soon] / sæˈsun /

noun

  1. Siegfried (Loraine) 1886–1967, English poet and novelist.


Sassoon British  
/ sæˈsuːn /

noun

  1. Siegfried ( Lorraine ). 1886–1967, British poet and novelist, best known for his poems of the horrors of war collected in Counterattack (1918) and Satirical Poems (1926). He also wrote a semi-fictitious autobiographical trilogy The Memoirs of George Sherston (1928–36)

  2. Vidal. 1928–2012, British hair stylist: founder and chairman of Vidal Sassoon Inc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lewycka had been living with a degenerative brain condition in recent years and is survived by her partner, Donald Sassoon, and her daughter, Sonia.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

You say you want a revolution — and historian Sassoon says: Consider your predecessors.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2025

Sassoon and six other other high-level Justice officials resigned over the controversy, saying there was no legal justification to dismiss Adams' case.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2025

The most blistering send-off came from Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney working under Sassoon in the Southern District of New York.

From Slate Feb. 15, 2025

Otherwise the customers would have noticed that Sophie Sassoon was herself in need of beauty advice.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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