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Siddons

American  
[sid-nz] / ˈsɪd nz /

noun

  1. Sarah (Kemble), 1755–1831, English actress.


Siddons British  
/ ˈsɪdənz /

noun

  1. Sarah. 1755–1831, English tragedienne

"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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Council leader Steve Siddons said he was disappointed but "the welfare of the walrus has to take precedence".

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

The Siddons Society gathered at their usual spot: Little Dom’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Published in 1978, the book was a departure for Siddons, who often wrote sweeping, realist family novels rooted in the American south, where she was born.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022

She has an analogue in the novel’s Mary Siddons, a teenage actress Lisa casts to play Mary Bell in Girl, 10, Murders Boys, but Siddons doesn’t lose an eye for Lisa’s art or seek revenge.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2021

There are some who can trace back to the sympathies which Mrs. Siddons awakened, their devotedness to the cause of the suffering and oppressed.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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