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Meredith

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Mer·e·dith  (mr-dth), George 1828-1909.
British writer of novels, such as The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859), and poetic works, including Modern Love (1862).
Meredith, James Howard Born 1933.
American civil rights advocate whose registration (1963) at the traditionally segregated University of Mississippi prompted a riot, which was spurred by state officials who defied federal pleas for peaceful integration.
Meredith [ˈmɛrɪdɪθ]
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(Biographies / Meredith, George (1828-1909) M, English, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: poet) George. 1828-1909, English novelist and poet. His works, notable for their social satire and analysis of character, include the novels
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Noun1.Meredith - United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
James Howard Meredith, James Meredith
2.MeredithMeredith - English novelist and poet (1828-1909)
George Meredith


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It was Rackstraw who had secured the authentic pair of boots in which Bloomer had first played for England; but it was Dodson who possessed the painted india-rubber ball used by Meredith when a boy--probably the first thing except a nurse ever kicked by that talented foot.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
If you are agreed, say, in admiring Meredith, Hardy, Omar Khayyam, and Maeterlinck,--to take four particularly test-authors,--there is nothing to prevent your marrying at once.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Meredith, 1828-1910.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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