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Definition of Nell Gywn
1. Noun. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
Generic synonyms: Comedienne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nell Gywn
Literary usage of Nell Gywn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Their Majesties' Servants.": Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas by Doran (John), Richard Henry Stoddard (1890)
"Nell Gywn is claimed by the Herefordshire people. In Hereford city, a mean house
in the rear of the Oak Inn is pointed out as the place of her birth. ..."
2. "Their Majesties' Servants".: Annals of the English Stage from Thomas by John Doran, Richard Henry Stoddard (1880)
"... in her early girlhood with that of a link-boy, and ending in her womanhood
with that of the king. Nell Gywn is claimed by the Herefordshire people. ..."
3. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1901)
"... and the Merry Monarch is told with such spirit and wit as to hold the attention
from the outset. Frontispiece portrait of Nell Gywn in photogravure. ..."
4. Rival Sultanas: Nell Gwyn, Louise de Kéroualle, and Hortense Mancini by Hugh Noel Williams (1915)
"I intend to arm myself from head to foot," observed Nell Gywn, on hearing of the
return of her rival, " to protect myself against the resentment which the ..."
5. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad: With Tales and Miscellanies Now by Jameson (Anna) (1834)
"... of their cardinal uncle ; all gifted by nature with the fervid Italian blood *
See the scene between Beck Marshall and Nell Gywn, in " Pepys. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The term may have originated (a mere conjecture) in an allusion to Nell Gywn,
one of the mistresses of Charles II. (nicknamed David—his father was called ..."
7. Life of Samuel Johnson by Francis Richard Charles Grant, John Parker Anderson (1887)
"At one of his visits to Oxford, Johnson had met Langton's friend, Topham Beauclerk,
a great-grandson of Charles II. and Nell Gywn ..."
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