A different man for every child; a byword for disgrace.
Britain was a byword for strikes.
His name became a byword for extreme luxury.
His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
Our Representatives Care and service are the bywords of an Enterprise representative.
Reality was his byword and Drew's rugged features and dexterity with horses made him a natural choice.
Sulla's successor in the eastern command, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, became a byword for luxury and personal indulgence.
Until late antiquity Vulso's triumph remained a byword for luxury.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB►become
· His name became a byword for extreme luxury.· Sulla's successor in the eastern command, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, became a byword for luxury and personal indulgence.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►be a byword for something
For Americans, Benedict Arnold is a byword for treason.
Britain was a byword for strikes.
1be a byword for something to be so well known for a particular quality that your name is used to represent that quality: His name has become a byword for honesty in the community.2[singular] a word, phrase, or saying that is very well known: Caution should be a byword for investors.