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Terence

[ ter-uhns ]

noun

  1. Publius Terentius Afer, c190–159? b.c., Roman playwright.
  2. a male given name: taken from a Roman family name.


Terence

/ ˈtɛrəns /

noun

  1. Terence?190 bc159 bcMRomanTHEATRE: dramatist Latin name Publius Terentius Afer. ?190–159 bc , Roman comic dramatist. His six comedies, Andria, Hecyra, Heauton Timoroumenos, Eunuchus, Phormio, and Adelphoe, are based on Greek originals by Menander
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

His son, Terence, who was 17 at the time, remembered coming home one day to find his parents quietly discussing the results.

Playwright Terence McNally updated his 1982 play with freshly satiric references.

The member of the three-judge panel who dissented from the majority decision, Terence T. Evans, “was right,” Judge Posner said.

Competition could come from Terence Mann, who charms in Pippin, or Charl Brown from the mostly ignored Motown the Musical.

By contrast, behold the flattering work of Terence Cuneo in 1953 and, most famously of all, Pietro Annigoni's portrait from 1955.

Brendan, Brian, Terence, and Kevin kept on with a familiar determination even as they became bone weary.

Upon the regiment being ordered to Spain, Terence gets appointed as aid to one of the generals of a division.

"I expect this stands on the bank of the river," Terence said.

"I knew that he had left his former position," Terence said.

Terence asked, after all the other arrangements had been decided upon.

"That must be Jersey," Terence exclaimed, pointing to the north.

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