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Definition of Dean swift
1. Noun. An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dean Swift
Literary usage of Dean swift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... An angel quick from Heaven descends, A,nd he at once the contest ends : EPISTLE
TO ROBERT NUGENT, ESQ. T»ITB A PICTURE OP dean swift. IY DR. ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"... 13s, Life of dean swift, by Thos. Dilworth. Lond. ... dean swift for ever; or
Mary the Cook Maid to the Earl of Orrery. Lond. 1752, folio. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"AN INEDITED LETTER OF dean swift. ... dean swift, made about forty years ago,
has lately been found among my papers. I was shown the original by my relative ..."