Definition of Ridleys

1. ridley [n] - See also: ridley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridleys

riding crops
riding embolism
riding habit
riding habits
riding halter
riding halters
riding horse
riding lamp
riding light
riding master
riding mower
riding school
riding whip
ridings
ridley
ridleys (current term)
ridonkulous
ridotto
ridottoes
ridottos
rids
rie
riebeckite
riebeckites
riel
riels
riem
riempie
riempies
riems

Literary usage of Ridleys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from by William J. Northen (1908)
"The student of Georgia history in seeing the name of Ridley is constrained to think of the medical profession, for the Georgia ridleys appear to be largely ..."

2. Memorials of the English Martyrs by Charles Benjamin Tayler (1853)
"At one of the mansions, belonging in former times to the ridleys, Mr. Surtees was shown ... The ridleys are supposed to have come originally from Cheshire, ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"This latter William died 4 Charles I. in which reign this place is returned as holden by Richard Musgrave, esq. "Then fell the ridleys' martial line, ..."

4. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"... It the possession of the ridleys of Ticket, from whom rt passed to the Earls of ... when it again became the property of в descendant of the ridleys of ..."

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