Sidney

Also Syd·ney

[sid-nee]

noun

1. Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.

2. a city in N Ohio.

3. a male or female given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Denis.

Sidney

/ ˈsɪdnɪ /

noun

1. Algernon. 1622–83, English Whig politician, beheaded for his supposed part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II and the future James II: author of Discourses Concerning Government (1689)

2. Sir Philip. 1554–86, English poet, courtier, and soldier. His works include the pastoral romance Arcadia (1590), the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591), and The Defence of Poesie (1595), one of the earliest works of literary criticism in English

Example Sentences

Gilliam ultimately placed a full-page ad in Variety addressed to Universal boss Sidney Sheinberg, demanding that the studio release his film to theaters.

From Los Angeles Times

In “The Air as Air,” Sidney, a vet maimed in Iraq, belongs to a recovery movement focused on breath.

From Los Angeles Times

Based on the novels of James Runcie, the show initially starred Happy Valley star James Norton as the village vicar, Sidney Chambers, before Tom Brittney joined as new clergyman, Will Davenport.

From BBC

Michael Sidney Hill was believed to be visiting a friend in the Phoenix area of Arizona when he died in 2013 aged 75.

From BBC

The court heard Kieron Lewis and his girlfriend Sidney West went through Mr Lewis' phone and discovered the messages before confronting Mr Saunders outside his flat upstairs and later calling the police.

From BBC