Thackeray

[ thak-uh-ree ]

noun

1. William Make·peace [meyk, -pees], 1811–63, English novelist, born in India.

Thackeray

/ ˈθækərɪ /

noun

1. ThackerayWilliam Makepeace18111863MEnglishIndianWRITING: novelist William Makepeace. 1811–63, English novelist, born in India. His novels, originally serialized, include Vanity Fair (1848), Pendennis (1850), Henry Esmond (1852), and The Newcomes (1855)

Other Words From

• Thacker·ay·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

The eulogy ends before it begins and Thackeray is barely alluded to again, let alone revered.

From The Daily Beast

The Bal Thackeray, of course, who got a state funeral when he died Nov. 17.

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Thackeray freely, openly, and often admitted his admiration for Hitler, his book, the Nazis, and their methods.

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Do some substitutions in those sentences along the lines Thackeray wanted to do with Mein Kampf.

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Indeed, what you get is a more than adequate description of … no surprise, Thackeray himself.

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I study your language in your Dickens, in your Thackeray; at last I attain proficiency.

From Project Gutenberg

First, in point of view of general interest, is a collection of drawings and poems in their original MS. by Thackeray.

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Spanish in its origin, it developed into a school in which Defoe and Thackeray distinguished themselves.

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Edward Fitzgerald, the friend of Thackeray and Carlyle, himself an author of no mean repute, lived close by.

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Among later victims was the famous Cartouche, of whom Thackeray wrote so entertainingly.

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