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Edgeworth

American

[ej-wurth] / ˈɛdʒ wɜrθ /

noun

Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.

Edgeworth British

/ ˈɛdʒwɜːθ /

noun

Maria. 1767–1849, Anglo-Irish novelist: her works include Castle Rackrent (1800) and The Absentee (1812)

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DCI Edgeworth said those who knew him would be "understandably shocked and hugely saddened" at the news.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

In 1969, she married Ron Edgeworth, a British pianist and musical director.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

But more importantly, it offers a completely clean slate: you don’t have to know anything about Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, or any other Ace Attorney characters to jump in.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2021

The earliest example I found of an adult moral argument that kids should make their toys came from writer Maria Edgeworth.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018

Let me add that there is a domestic triumph in this too, and that my little people felt proud of Papa when he told them what Miss Edgeworth said of him.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

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