Tennyson

American  

[ten-uh-suhn] / ˈtɛn ə sən /

noun

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

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Tennyson British  

/ ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən, 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Tennysonian
  adjective

Example Sentences

I cannot think of another who would call for, and take such cathartic pleasure in, Helen Mirren’s reading of “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“It was insanely busy,” said Tennyson, who is 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Its deputy leader Eoin Tennyson said Westminster also had a responsibility around VAT and fuel duty, as Stormont had limited powers to intervene.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Mr. Holmes, however, portrays Tennyson as a thoughtful Victorian everyman, caught between intellectual tradition and revolution, struggling to articulate the consensus of an exciting but uneasy new age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

She has never read any Gogol herself, but she is willing to place him on a shelf in her mind, along with Tennyson and Wordsworth.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri