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Southey

American  
[sou-thee, suhth-ee] / ˈsaʊ ði, ˈsʌð i /

noun

  1. Robert, 1774–1843, English poet and prose writer: poet laureate 1813–43.


Southey British  
/ ˈsaʊðɪ, ˈsʌðɪ /

noun

  1. Robert. 1774–1843, English poet, a friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge, attacked by Byron; poet laureate (1813–43)

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Denise Jarvis, 44, was last seen near Southey Park in Kingswood, Bristol, exactly a year ago, on 3 August 2022.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2023

As the bonds are publicly traded, opportunistic buyers can hoover them up from funds and private banks looking to offload, said Southey.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2023

Mira Costa received two goals from three-sport athlete Thomas Southey in a 6-0 victory over Santa Ana Godinez.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2021

Tabatha Southey, a columnist for the Canadian magazine Macleans, designated him “the stupid man’s smart person”.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2018

The most readable writings of Southey are those which he produced fragment by fragment, on topics for which little renewal of impulse was required.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various