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Sheridan

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Sher·i·dan  (shr-dn), Philip Henry 1831-1888.
American Union general. Active in the Chattanooga (1863) and Wilderness (1864) campaigns, he routed Confederate forces at the Battle of Five Forks (1865).
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 1751-1816.
British playwright and politician known for his satirical comedies of manners, including The Rivals (1775), which features the catachrestic character Mrs. Malaprop.
Sheridan [ˈʃɛrɪdən]
n
1. (Biographies / Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888) M, US, MILITARY: general) Philip Henry. 1831-88, American Union cavalry commander in the Civil War. He forced Lee's surrender to Grant (1865)
2. (Biographies / Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816) M, Irish, THEATRE: dramatist, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: orator) Richard Brinsley (ˈbrɪnzlɪ). 1751-1816, Irish dramatist, politician, and orator, noted for his comedies of manners The Rivals (1775), School for Scandal (1777), and The Critic (1779)
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Noun1.SheridanSheridan - Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan


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What I got from Sheridan was a bold denunciation of slav- ery, and a powerful vindication of human rights.
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A few days before the surrender at Appomattox a thunderous engagement between the commands of Sheridan and Pickett was unknown to the latter commander, a mile in the rear of his own line.
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7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814.
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