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REYNOLDS

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Overview

REYNOLDS (noun)
  The noun REYNOLDS has 1 sense:

1. English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


REYNOLDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Reynolds; Sir Joshua Reynolds

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)


 Context examples 


Mrs. Reynolds informed them that it had been taken in his father's lifetime.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I enjoyed the trips to Hampton Court and the Kensington Museum more than anything else, for at Hampton I saw Raphael's cartoons, and at the Museum, rooms full of pictures by Turner, Lawrence, Reynolds, Hogarth, and the other great creatures.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The commendation bestowed on him by Mrs. Reynolds was of no trifling nature.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Poor Reynolds, she was always very fond of me.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Reynolds anticipated Miss Darcy's delight, when she should enter the room.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Reynolds could interest her on no other point.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Reynolds then directed their attention to one of Miss Darcy, drawn when she was only eight years old.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“And that,” said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, “is my master—and very like him. It was drawn at the same time as the other—about eight years ago.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Reynolds respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this intimation of her knowing her master.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

At length however, the question was asked by her uncle; and she turned away with alarm, while Mrs. Reynolds replied that he was, adding, But we expect him to-morrow, with a large party of friends.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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