Tennyson

[ ten-uh-suhn ]

noun

1. Alfred, Lord 1st Baron, 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.

Tennyson

/ ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən; ˈtɛnɪsən /

noun

1. TennysonAlfred, Lord18091892MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1809–92, English poet; poet laureate (1850–92). His poems include The Lady of Shalott (1832), Morte d'Arthur (1842), the collection In Memoriam (1850), Maud (1855), and Idylls of the King (1859)

Derived Forms

• Tennysonian, adjectivenoun

Example Sentences

It’s an advertisement for the Kentucky Clay Mining Company in Mayfield, now defunct, but the painting is called “Heir of All the Ages” after a Tennyson poem.

From Time

The Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson gave it “never fading flowers.”

From Popular-Science

The America chapter is sandwiched between one chapter on Tennyson and another on Hardy.

From The Daily Beast

The English Ross and Sanders, 41, have two children together, Skyla, 7, and Tennyson, 5, known as “Sonny.”

From The Daily Beast

He quotes Tennyson; he compares himself to Nixon; he filibusters about cervical cancer.

From The Daily Beast

Near the chapel in the cathedral close is a bronze statue of Tennyson accompanied by his favorite dog.

From Project Gutenberg

Just across the road stands the tiny church of which the Rev. Tennyson was rector for many years.

From Project Gutenberg

This country attracted Tennyson, and here he built his country seat, which he called Aldworth.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 15th of May Mr. Tennyson submitted a motion for leave to introduce a bill to shorten the duration of parliaments.

From Project Gutenberg

Tennyson's supreme excellence, it is admitted, lies not so much in his themes as in his transcendent art.

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