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[ bek-ferd ] / ˈbɛk fərd /
nounWilliam, 1759–1844, English writer. Words nearby Beckfordbecket, becket bend, Beckett, Becket, Thomas à, Beckett, Samuel, Beckford, Beckham, Beckley, Beckmann, Becknell, beckon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for BeckfordBeckford, like Efron, did so with faux-protest, and with a big smile on his face. Justin Bieber's Abs Cannot Save Him|Tim Teeman|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Would it not be a worthy companion to the statues of Beckford and Chatham? A Morning's Walk from London to Kew|Richard Phillips On the right hand of the fireplace is a very large landscape by Lee, which Mr. Beckford eulogised warmly. Recollections of the late William Beckford|Henry Venn Lansdown There were fifteen hundred slaves on two West Indian estates that Beckford lost in a lawsuit. The Intellectual Life|=Philip Gilbert Hamerton
This is the same worthy noble Mr Beckford so frequently mentions, and with whom he was residing while at Lisbon. The Prime Minister|W.H.G. Kingston The Court then desired Beckford to state what he had said to his majesty. London and the Kingdom - Volume III|Reginald R. Sharpe
British Dictionary definitions for Beckford
nounWilliam . 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |