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Smyth

American  
[smahyth] / smaɪθ /

noun

  1. Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.

  2. 1st Baron. Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth.


Smyth British  
/ smaɪð /

noun

  1. Dame Ethel ( Mary ). 1858–1944, British composer, best known for her operas, such as The Wreckers (1906). She was imprisoned for supporting the suffragette movement

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The Kurds are unlikely to “roll into Tehran” since they prefer to operate in their usual ethnic area, said Phillip Smyth, an expert on Shia militias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Mrs Justice Smyth told the court that all nine defendants still had a case to answer on all the charges.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Mrs Justice Smyth said: "I accept they were not acting as lone wolves, although neither was charged with membership of an organisation."

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Gupta, Smyth and Armlovich have all publicly opposed a rent freeze, unless some other action is taken to ease landlord expenses like lightening property taxes or insurance costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Smyth observed that Congress had slashed the agency’s research budget for 1953 from $43 million to $33 million, “as you no doubt have heard.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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