Sackville

[ sak-vil ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.

Sackville

/ ˈsækvɪl /

noun

1. SackvilleThomas, 1st Earl of Dorset15361608MEnglishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistPOLITICS: statesman Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset. 1536–1608, English poet, dramatist, and statesman. He collaborated with Thomas Norton on the early blank-verse tragedy Gorboduc (1561)

Example Sentences

A real-life inspiration, Lady Idina Sackville, scandalized 1920s high society in the U.K. and its colony in Kenya.

From Los Angeles Times

They said the festival site would revolve around three performance spaces in Manchester's Gay Village - the Village Stage "which occupies an outdoor car park in the middle of the event site", the Alan Turing Stage in Sackville Gardens and the Indoor Arena, which would provide "a warehouse style clubbing experience".

From BBC

Home to the Sackville family since the 18th Century, it is not generally open to the public.

From BBC

The Roman remains were preserved beneath the existing car parks and garages at Aragon Close and Sackville Close.

From BBC

Area commander Stuart Smith said the service spent two days at the scene of Friday's fire on Sackville Close with police and specialist fire investigation support.

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