Behn

British

/ bɛn /

noun

Aphra (ˈæfrə). 1640–89, English dramatist and novelist, best known for her play The Rover (1678) and her novel Oroonoko (1688)

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Former Tennessee General Services Commissioner Matt Van Epps beat state Rep. Aftyn Behn by about 9 points, with the Democrat pulling 45% of the vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Behn focused consistently on affordability in her television ads and on the trail.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025

Aftyn Behn, a Tennessee state representative, is bucking conventional wisdom by closing the distance between herself and her Republican opponent in a deep-red district as a strident progressive.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025

Julian Epstein, a Democrat who formerly served as chief counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, on Sunday told Fox News that Ms. Behn was “not a very serious candidate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

In England, it was the playwright Aphra Behn who translated Fontenelle and the poet Elizabeth Carter who translated Algarotti, so the female audience was more than fictional.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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