Definition of Sidney

1. Noun. English poet (1554-1586).

Exact synonyms: Sir Philip Sidney
Generic synonyms: Poet

Definition of Sidney

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old English) ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred from the surname. Used since the 18th century; diminutive Sid. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surnames female given name), twentieth century usage, more often in the spelling Sydney. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidney

Siculo-
Sid
Sid Caesar
Sida hermaphrodita
Sida rhombifolia
Sida spinosa
Sidalcea
Sidalcea malviflora
Siddhartha
Siddons
Side-striped Jackal
Side-striped Jackals
Siderian
Sideritis
Sidhe
Sidney
Sidney Caesar
Sidney James Webb
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Webb
Sidon
Sidonian
Sidonians
Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Sieg Heil
Siege Perilous
Siegel zero
Siegert
Siegert's sign

Literary usage of Sidney

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

1. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"His diplomatic missions were highly successful, and sidney soon found himself ... Two months later sidney went to the Low Countries, and the following year ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"But what cost sidney his life were his scathing words on the " vermin of a Court" and the way titles were earned nowadays. ..."

3. The Bookman (1907)
"sidney McCall MARY M'NEILL FENOLLOSA (sidney M'CALL) A pseudonym which caused an unusual amount of conjecture a few years ago was sidney McCall, ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"The circumstances of sidney Lanier's sidney LANIER life furnish a pathetically tragic ... sidney was educated at Oglethorpe College in his native State. ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"His principal 1688. coadjutor in this work was Henry sidney, brother of Henry ... It is remarkable that both Edward Russell and Henry sidney had been in the ..."

6. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"Cf. sidney, ip 172, 11. 25-30, note. The passage here quoted is from ... A direct echo of sidney, ip 206,11.16-18. 204. 6-14. Cf. sidney, ip 173,1.22, ..."

7. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"His principal coadjutor in this work was Henry sidney, brother of Algernon. It is remarkable that both Edward Russell and Henry sidney had been in the ..."

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