Terence
[ter-uh ns]
- Publius Terentius Afer, c190–159? b.c., Roman playwright.
- a male given name: taken from a Roman family name.
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Contemporary Examples
Playwright Terence McNally updated his 1982 play with freshly satiric references.
Fall Broadway Preview: 'This Is Our Youth,' Bradley Cooper as ‘The Elephant Man,' and MoreJanice Kaplan
September 11, 2014
The member of the three-judge panel who dissented from the majority decision, Terence T. Evans, “was right,” Judge Posner said.
Competition could come from Terence Mann, who charms in Pippin, or Charl Brown from the mostly ignored Motown the Musical.
By contrast, behold the flattering work of Terence Cuneo in 1953 and, most famously of all, Pietro Annigoni's portrait from 1955.
Brendan, Brian, Terence, and Kevin kept on with a familiar determination even as they became bone weary.
Historical Examples
He resolved to pretend to be dumb, and he charged Terence not to betray him.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
That, if you will pardon me, Sir Terence, is quite impossible.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
And he was so insistent that no one should know, not even Terence.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
The rope ladder, Sir Terence's swift glance observed, had disappeared.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
Thus Sir Terence, cursing the day when he had mated with a fool.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
Terence
- Latin name Publius Terentius Afer. ?190–159 bc, Roman comic dramatist. His six comedies, Andria, Hecyra, Heauton Timoroumenos, Eunuchus, Phormio, and Adelphoe, are based on Greek originals by Menander
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