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Tennyson

American  
[ten-uh-suhn] / ˈtɛn ə sən /

noun

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


Tennyson British  
/ ˈtɛnɪsən /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson told the media on Thursday that the pay rise "smacks of being completely out of touch with where the public are".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Speaking on the same programme, Alliance Deputy leader Eóin Tennyson claimed the cull was being used as an excuse to target Muir's job.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Lead author Alan Tennyson of Te Papa said many bird species have reached New Zealand over millions of years, but the ancestors of some of the country's best known large birds arrived surprisingly recently.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Kaden Tennyson is a high school senior who works at an ice cream shop to make a few bucks to help pay for Uber drives and a veterinarian bill for his injured dog.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

He believed, like the man in Lord Tennyson, that people could only have the strength of ten cm account of their hearts being pure.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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