Definitions for tennyson
ˈtɛn ə sənten·nyson

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1. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, First Baron Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennysonnoun

   Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)

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1. Tennysonnoun

   An English patronymic surname derived from a variant of Dennis.

2. Tennysonnoun

   Alfred Tennyson, English poet and playwright.

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1. Tennyson

   Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Tennyson also excelled at short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses". "In Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplace in the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw" ("In Memoriam A.H.H."), "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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1. tennyson

   Tennyson generally refers to Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), a well-known British poet during the reign of Queen Victoria. He is particularly noted for his works "The Lady of Shalott," "Ulysses," and "In Memoriam," among others. He served as the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1850 to 1892, the longest-serving to date. Tennyson's works exemplify the Victorian era both in content and style, often grappling with the moral and cultural complexities of his time.

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1. Tennyson

   Tennyson is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tennyson is located 72 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. At the 2006 census, Tennyson had a population of 517 people.

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1. TENNYSON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tennyson is ranked #8060 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tennyson surname appeared 4,110 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Tennyson.
   
   74.5% or 3,062 total occurrences were White.
   18.6% or 768 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 126 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 86 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 42 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. • Poet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tennyson in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tennyson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tennyson in a Sentence

1. Alfred Tennyson:

   Paladin speaking to guest star Charles Bronson, He that shuts love out, shall in turn be shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, howling in the darkness. Paladin attributes the quote to Alfred Tennyson.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tennyson
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tennyson
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennyson
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tennyson
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tennyson