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byron
/ˈbaɪɹən/
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What does byron mean?
proper noun
- A surname from Old English.
- Lord Byron, George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
More meanings (20)
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
- A city in Peach County, Houston County and Crawford County, Georgia.
- A city in Ogle County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Parke County, Indiana.
- A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- A village in Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
- A city in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
- A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Clark County, Nevada.
- A town in Genesee County, New York.
- A small unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
- A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Byron Township.
- A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.
- A local government area in northern New South Wales, Australia; in full, Byron Shire.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbaɪɹən/
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I walked into Byron a little, but can well understand his stirring up a rough, young sailor’s romance.
Then followed the opening sentences of the magnificent oration of this "Demosthenes of the woods," as Byron termed him.
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Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili.
It was these lines that raised the ire of Byron, who regarded them as an irreverent assault upon his favorite poet, Pope.
Lord Byron, with his soliloquising, high-souled thieves, has, in a slight degree, perverted the taste of the greenhorns and incipient rhymesters of his country.