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Definition of Ironists
1. ironist [n] - See also: ironist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironists
Literary usage of Ironists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920 by Carl Van Doren (1922)
"... the ragged philosophers among whom he properly belongs, rather than with
learned misanthropes like Swift or intellectual ironists like Bernard Shaw. ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"... and ironists. Edln. R. 210: 426-46. O. '09. See also Book of common prayer;
Dissenters: Education — England — Education acts and hills; Oxford movement; ..."
3. A Wanderer in London by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"... lodged in Pall Mall, and so did Gibbon, greatest of ironists. Gainsborough
painted there, and Cosway, and there was the house of John Julius ..."
4. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1867)
"The original Eevo- TJ i ~r> IT iji • The origin of these parties dates back to
the Revolution. Long before the designations Feder- ironists had been alist ..."
5. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"... ravaged their lands at pleasure, and took tribute from their chiefs; while
the Medes could in no way retaliate upon thi-ir ant ironists, ..."
6. Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920 by Carl Van Doren (1922)
"... the ragged philosophers among whom he properly belongs, rather than with
learned misanthropes like Swift or intellectual ironists like Bernard Shaw. ..."
7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"... and ironists. Edln. R. 210: 426-46. O. '09. See also Book of common prayer;
Dissenters: Education — England — Education acts and hills; Oxford movement; ..."
8. A Wanderer in London by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"... lodged in Pall Mall, and so did Gibbon, greatest of ironists. Gainsborough
painted there, and Cosway, and there was the house of John Julius ..."
9. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1867)
"The original Eevo- TJ i ~r> IT iji • The origin of these parties dates back to
the Revolution. Long before the designations Feder- ironists had been alist ..."
10. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"... ravaged their lands at pleasure, and took tribute from their chiefs; while
the Medes could in no way retaliate upon thi-ir ant ironists, ..."
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