Thesiger

British  

/ ˈθɛsɪdʒə /

noun

1. Wilfred ( Patrick ). 1910–2003, British writer, who explored the Empty Quarter of Arabia (1945–50) and lived with the Iraqi marsh Arabs (1950–58). His books include Arabian Sands (1958), The Marsh Arabs (1964), and My Kenya Days (1994)

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Example Sentences

Ernest Thesiger, a character actor who appeared in The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, served in the British army and came under artillery fire while celebrating Christmas Day in a barn.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

In the 1990s I stayed in Kenya with Wilfred Thesiger — his whole life was spent among nomads.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Karloff speaks and Elsa Lanchester hisses under a shocking hairdo, but Ernest Thesiger almost steals the show as the droll Doctor Pretorius.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2020

For Thesiger and Lawrence, as for the Desert Fathers who founded Christian monasticism in third-century Egypt, the desert promised sanctuary not just from society but from the importunate, unclean body.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2018

It had previously been amended on the motion of Sir F. Thesiger, and in spite of the opposition of the ministers, so as to be much more than the Government had designed.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various