Sidney

American  

[sid-nee] / ˈsɪd ni /

Also Sydney

noun

1. Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.

2. a city in N Ohio.

3. a male or female given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Denis.

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Sidney British  

/ ˈsɪdnɪ /

noun

1. Algernon. 1622–83, English Whig politician, beheaded for his supposed part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II and the future James II: author of Discourses Concerning Government (1689)

2. Sir Philip. 1554–86, English poet, courtier, and soldier. His works include the pastoral romance Arcadia (1590), the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591), and The Defence of Poesie (1595), one of the earliest works of literary criticism in English

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Sidney

Goldman Sachs’ senior partner Sidney Weinberg was a close adviser, and in 1956 he guided Ford Motor to a record-setting $657.9 External link million IPO.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

In 1969, as a young physicist, Leibowitz interviewed for a job at Salomon Brothers with Sidney Homer, the brilliant dean of the bond business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

As he accepted the Oscar, his first, Jordan attributed his win to the “people who came before me” and listed celebrated Black actors — “giants,” “greats” — including Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

"I stand here because of the people who came before me - Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker, Will Smith," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

“He felt like a truck,” I said, watching Sidney Goldberg step back from a close pitch.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok