Byron

[ bahy-ruhn ]

noun

1. George Gordon, Lord 6th Baron Byron, 1788–1824, English poet.
2. a male given name.

Byron

/ baɪˈrɒnɪk; ˈbaɪərən /

noun

1. ByronGeorge Gordon, 6th Baron17881824MBritishWRITING: poet George Gordon , 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence

Byron

/ bī′rən /

1. British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage in the development of the analytical engine, an early computer. Byron's most important contribution was the compilation of detailed notations about how the machine could be programmed.

Derived Forms

• Byronic, adjective
• ˈByronˌism, noun
• Byˈronically, adverb

Example Sentences

Holmes explained that Romantic poets and writers, including Keats, Byron, and the Shelleys—Percy Blythe and Mary—read deeply in science, incorporating the latest theories in astronomy, evolution, and physics into their poems and novels.

From Nautilus

While the power Byron wields over Hazel is inherently chilling, there is more warmth between her and Herbert.

From Time

One episode opens with a TV news segment on the Gogols, which Byron spontaneously starts directing when Hazel ventures off-script.

From Time

Serge, a Roman nose and swarthy menace, eyes seductive and haunted, Lord Byron crooning lewd chansons.

From Washington Post

This is a place where Byron York is a celebrity, Andrew Breitbart a fallen hero, and Ronald Reagan a God.

From The Daily Beast

Like all Western interventionists, Byron made his share of miscalculations and blunders.

From The Daily Beast

Hardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring.

From The Daily Beast

Exile had also given Byron his first taste of insurrection and intrigue.

From The Daily Beast

Byron certainly embodied more than even their combined share of vices.

From The Daily Beast

The following poem entitled "Weedless," after Byron's "Darkness," gives a vivid description of the world without tobacco.

From Project Gutenberg

Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.

From Project Gutenberg

Among these may still be seen the rudely cut letters of the names of Byron, Sheridan and Peele.

From Project Gutenberg

British commodore Byron sailed from the Downs in the Dolphin, on his voyage round the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Sit down in that corner behind the bookcase and I'll read to you from one of the old poets, Byron, belike.

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