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Definition of Garrick
1. Noun. English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779).
Definition of Garrick
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English dot=) from ''Garwick'' in Lincolnshire. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names dot=) from the (etyl gem) ''ger'' + ''ric'' - ''spear power''. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred from the surnames. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garrick
Literary usage of Garrick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"For a time, at least, " the drama's patrons " •were content with the higher
entertainment furnished them ; in the end garrick had to " please " them, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"garrick set out from Lichfield 2 March 1736-7, and on the 9th of the month ...
garrick wrote an epilogue to the ' Mock Doctor,' which was inserted in the ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"ID person, garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he ...
Johnson, of whose various and often merely churlish remarks on garrick and ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"For a time, at least, " the drama's patrons " •were content with the higher
entertainment furnished them ; in the end garrick had to " please " them, ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"garrick set out from Lichfield 2 March 1736-7, and on the 9th of the month ...
garrick wrote an epilogue to the ' Mock Doctor,' which was inserted in the ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"ID person, garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he ...
Johnson, of whose various and often merely churlish remarks on garrick and ..."
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