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Curzon

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Cur·zon  (kûrzn), George Nathaniel. First Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. 1859-1925.
British politician who served as viceroy and governor-general of India (1898-1905) and as secretary of state for foreign affairs (1919-1924).
Curzon [ˈkɜːzən]
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1. (Biographies / Curzon, Sir Clifford (1907-1982) M, English, MUSIC: pianist) Sir Clifford. 1907-82, English pianist
2. (Biographies / Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) M, British, POLITICS: statesman) George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. 1859-1925, British Conservative statesman; viceroy of India (1898-1905)


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The Library of Lord Goring's House in Curzon Street.
An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar View in context
Some three or four years after his stay in Paris, when Rawdon Crawley and his wife were established in a very small comfortable house in Curzon Street, May Fair, there was scarcely one of the numerous friends whom they entertained at dinner that did not ask the above question regarding them.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
--such nice domestic creatures--plain, dreadfully plain, but so good-- well, they're always at the window doing fancy work, and making ugly things for the poor, which I think so useful of them in these dreadful socialistic days, and this terrible woman has taken a house in Curzon Street, right opposite them--such a respectable street, too
Lady Windermere's Fan by Wilde, Oscar View in context
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