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Definition of Strachey

1. Noun. English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strachey

Literary usage of Strachey

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"Strachey wrote an account of the circumstances in a letter dated lo July 1610, ... This account was probably written mainly by Gates and Strachey, ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"General Sir Richard Strachey. 0.CSI, FRS, LL.D. AMONGST the names of those who have occupied the distinguished position ot President of the Royal ..."

3. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"WILLIAM Strachey [Little is known of William Strachey except that he ... The ship bearing Gates and Strachey was separated from the rest of the fleet and ..."

4. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"WILLIAM Strachey [Little is known of William Strachey except that he ... The ship bearing Gates and Strachey was separated from the rest of the fleet and ..."

5. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"WILLIAM Strachey [Little is known of William Strachey except that he ... The ship bearing Gates and Strachey was separated from the rest of the fleet and ..."

6. A History of Southern Literature by Carl Holliday (1906)
"V From a literary point of view, perhaps the best accounts of these early days were written by the colonist, WILLIAM Strachey. Little William is known of ..."

7. A History of Southern Literature by Carl Holliday (1906)
"V From a literary point of view, perhaps the best accounts of these early days were written by the colonist, WILLIAM Strachey. Little William is known of ..."

8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"'For, after all,' writes Mr. Strachey, 'art is not a superior kind of ... Mr. Strachey, it will be observed, is not of the professional party whose ..."

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