Gonne

[ gon, guhn ]

noun

1. Maud Irish Joan of Arc, 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.

Example Sentences

A copy of William Butler Yeats' "The Wanderings of Oisin," inscribed by Yeats to Irish nationalist Maud Gonne, sold for $54,000.

From Los Angeles Times

At Café 225, a bar and restaurant on Visalia’s Main Street, Rich Gonne was drinking a beer and watching a golf tournament on his phone Friday afternoon.

From New York Times

He was husband to Iseult Gonne, daughter of Maud Gonne - the woman who was a muse to W B Yeats.

From BBC

As every English major knows, Yeats was infatuated with Gonne — his muse, his tormentor, the dark-haired beauty who rejected his many proposals of marriage.

From New York Times

He spent decades in love with the Irish nationalist and proto-feminist Maud Gonne; after she rejected his marriage proposal for a final time, he shifted his attention to her daughter.

From New York Times