Sidney
Americannoun
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Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
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a city in N Ohio.
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a male or female given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Denis.
noun
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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)
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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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Maryland edge rushers Zahir Mathis and Sidney Stewart combined for 13 sacks last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Sidney Bonilla, treasurer and business manager of Steamfitters UA Local 602, said his members knock on doors for candidates and help finance campaigns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Pierre’s Stewart holds the gravitas of that portrayal while also capturing the original intent of his character’s co-creator, Neal Adams, to have him evoke a young Sidney Poitier.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I didn’t accuse,” Mr. Mwila said, as cool as Sidney Poitier telling off the white racist sheriff in the movie In the Heat of the Night.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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