Trelawney

[ trih-law-nee ]

/ trɪˈlɔ ni /

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noun

Edward John, 1792–1881, English adventurer and author.

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Words nearby Trelawney

trehalose, treillage, Treinta y Tres, Treitschke, trek, Trelawney, trellis, trellised, trelliswork, Trematoda, trematode

How to use Trelawney in a sentence

Trelawney had always believed that the Livorno sailors knew more than they cared to tell of that tragedy.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
Trelawney describes how he found him in a grove near Florence by a pool of water; he was gazing unconsciously into the depths.
Literary Byways|William Andrews
Trelawney was on the Bolivar, Byron's yacht, at the time, and saw them start.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
Trelawney asked him on one occasion: "Do you believe in the immortality of the spirit?"
Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer|Charles Sotheran

No prelate voted in the majority except Compton and Trelawney.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay