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• tawney
  tawney

  adjective

  tawny.
• Tawney
  Tawney

  noun

  Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.

tawney

¹ American  

[taw-nee] / ˈtɔ ni /

adjective

tawnier, tawniest

1. tawny.

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Tawney ² American  

[taw-nee, tey-] / ˈtɔ ni, ˈteɪ- /

noun

1. Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.

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Tawney British  

/ ˈtɔːnɪ /

noun

1. R ( ichard ) H ( enry ). 1880–1962, British economic historian, born in India. His chief works are The Acquisitive Society (1920), Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), and Equality (1931)

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Example Sentences

Me, he describes as the "Professor of Charms" and "Charming Professor," once—the "tawney charmer."

From The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. by Allen, William G.

Six yards of tawney medley at 13s. 4d. a yard, with a fur of black budge rated at £10, is the warrant for 1592.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

Here, degraded and dishonoured, I will not live the scorn of each whiffling stranger from the South, because, forsooth, he wears tinkling spurs on a tawney boot.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir

Item—A coat of tawney damask, purfled with velvet, appertaining to our Lady.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827 by Various

In Summer they are of a tawney brown, but in Winter of a delicate white all over, except the tip of the tail, which is of a glossy black.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.