Symonds
[ sim-uhndz ]
/ ˈsɪm əndz /
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noun
John Add·ing·ton [ad-ing-tuhn], /ˈæd ɪŋ tən/, 1840–93, English poet, essayist, and critic.
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Symonds
/ (ˈsɪməndz) /
noun
John Addington (ˈædɪŋtən). 1840–93, English writer, noted for his Renaissance in Italy (1875–86) and for studies of homosexuality
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