D'Avenant

American  

[dav-uh-nuhnt] / ˈdæv ə nənt /

Or Davenant

noun

1. Sir William, 1606–68, English dramatist and producer: poet laureate 1638–68.

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Davenant British  

/ ˈdævənənt /

noun

1. Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)

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Example Sentences

The latter was baptised at Oxford on March 3, 1605, as the son of John D’Avenant, the landlord of the Crown Inn, where Shakespeare lodged in his journeys to and from Stratford. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

D’Avenant seems, however, to have guarded his dignity by his silence; but Hobbes took an opportunity of delivering an exquisite opinion on this Club of Wits, with perfect philosophical indifference.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

On one side, the condemners of D’Avenant would be Rymer, Blackwall, Granger, Knox, Hurd, and Hayley; and the advocates would be Hobbes, Waller, Cowley, Dr. Aikin, Headley, &c.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

The latter was baptized at Oxford, on March 3, 1605, as the son of John D'Avenant, the landlord of the Crown Inn, where Shakespeare lodged in his journeys to and from Stratford.

From Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems by Johnson, Jesse

Theatrical and other traditions reached Rowe also through Sir William D'Avenant, the leading figure in the revival of the stage after 1660.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan