Thrale

American  

[threyl] / θreɪl /

noun

1. Hester Lynch Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.

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Thrale British  

/ θreɪl /

noun

1. Hester Lynch, known as Mrs Thrale or (later) Mrs Piozzi (née Salusbury ). 1741–1821, English writer of memoirs, noted for her friendship with Dr Johnson. Her works include Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) and Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson (1788)

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Example Sentences

As he composes his group portrait of the Club’s intellectual and artistic superstars, he extends retroactive membership to several notable women, such as Johnson’s benefactor Hester Thrale and the novelist and diarist Fanny Burney.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2019

Thrale became Johnson’s closest confidante and “therapist” when spiritual terrors came to torment him.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

Aware how unbearable it was for him to be alone, Thrale took him to live with her and her wealthy husband, Henry, at Streatham Place, south of London.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

Burney was first brought to the attention of Dr Johnson and fellow diarist Hester Thrale by her father.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017

As it is, the mind’s-eye picture is cherished of that grumbling, unwieldy figure coming down from London to Thrale’s house, to be lionised and indulged, and in return to give Mrs. Thrale a reflected glory.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)