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Definition of Jonson
1. Noun. English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637).
Definition of Jonson
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jonson
Literary usage of Jonson
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 (1892)
"In the winter festivities at court of 1625-6 Jones prepared not only jonson's 'Fortunate
I But with jonson Jones's relations were ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"BEN jonson favourite subject with persons of more industry than intelligence in
the early eighteenth century, that a singular fabric of myth grew up round ..."
3. English Drama by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1914)
"jonson died in 1637, long the victim of ill health and a certain amount of ...
jonson " was brought up poorly," his mother having remarried and beneath her ..."
4. Catalogueby Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) by Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) (1884)
"The Devil is an Ass; The Staple of News; The New Inn, or the Light Heart; Ode to
himself; An Answer to the Ode, by Owen Feltham ; An Answer 10 Ben jonson s ..."
5. English Literature During the Lifetime of Shakespeare by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1910)
"jonson was born in the year 1573, of a border family of Annandale, ... His widow
marrying again and beneath her, jonson was "brought up poorly," but "put to ..."
6. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"If so, it was only the return of a compliment, for Ben jonson had undoubtedly
delivered a stroke at Shakespeare's romantic practice in the prologue to Every ..."
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