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Sidney

[ sid-nee ]

noun

  1. Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
  2. a city in N Ohio.
  3. a male or female given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Denis.


Sidney

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. SidneyAlgernon16221683MEnglishPOLITICS: politician Algernon. 1622–83, English Whig politician, beheaded for his supposed part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II and the future James II: author of Discourses Concerning Government (1689)
  2. SidneySir Philip15541586MEnglishWRITING: poetMISC: courtierMILITARY: soldier Sir Philip. 1554–86, English poet, courtier, and soldier. His works include the pastoral romance Arcadia (1590), the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591), and The Defence of Poesie (1595), one of the earliest works of literary criticism in English
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In 2006, the late Harvard scholar of political behavior Sidney Verba wrote of fairness being important in various political regimes but “especially central in a democracy.”

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The sport has served as a backdrop to some of the most patriotic moments in Canada's history, like Sidney Crosby's overtime gold medal goal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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“Lucky to be still working. And I watched Sidney Lumet out there, who is 80, and I figure, I’m just a kid. I’ve got a lot of stuff to do yet.”

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Per the report, Trump acknowledged that his attorney Sidney Powell’s false claims about voting machines were “crazy” before he spread them.

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District Judge Sidney Stein to levy a sentence that could place the 71-year-old behind bars for much of the rest of his life.

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