Albion
['ælbiən]
Definition
(noun.) archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically.
Checker: Quincy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
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Examples
- You are going out, Micawber, to this distant clime, to strengthen, not to weaken, the connexion between yourself and Albion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is that which will strengthen, even in this step you are about to take, the connexion between yourself and Albion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A bluff little personage this ma?tresse was--Labassecourienne from top to toe: and how she did slaughter the speech of Albion! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Cliffs o' Albion, and t' other hemisphere! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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