SIDNEY

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• SIDNEY (noun)
  The noun SIDNEY has 1 sense:

1. English poet (1554-1586)

  Familiarity information: SIDNEY used as a noun is very rare.

• SIDNEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet (1554-1586)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sidney; Sir Philip Sidney

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

He was next Sidney Johnson in the office.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Rules created by Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold and Vladimer Prelog to name stereoisomers in organic chemistry.

(Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Priority System, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The senior clerk and draughtsman, Mr. Sidney Johnson.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk, met us at the office and received us with that respect which my companion’s card always commanded.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)