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Dunbar

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Dun·bar  (dn-bär)
A burgh of southeast Scotland on the North Sea east of Edinburgh. Oliver Cromwell defeated the Covenanters here on September 3, 1650. Population: 6,015.
Dun·bar  (dnbär), Paul Laurence 1872-1906.
American writer primarily noted for his poetry, which reflects Black American life and dialect.
Dun·bar  (dn-bär), William 1460?-1520?
Scottish poet known for his allegorical works, such as The Thrissill and the Rois (1503), and an elegy on bygone poets, Lament of the Makaris (c. 1508).
Dunbar [dʌnˈbɑː]
n
(Placename) a port and resort in SE Scotland, in East Lothian: scene of Cromwell's defeat of the Scots (1650). Pop.: 6518 (1991)
Dunbar2
n
(Biographies / Dunbar, William (?1460-?1520) M, Scottish, WRITING: poet) William. ?1460-?1520, Scottish poet, noted for his satirical, allegorical, and elegiac works


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But of them all William Dunbar is counted the greatest.
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He died on the 5th of September, 1658, a fresh anniversary of the battles of Dunbar and Worcester.
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The deeds of black Agnes of Dunbar, of Lady Salisbury and of the Countess of Montfort, were still fresh in the public minds.
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