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SIR THOMAS MORE
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• SIR THOMAS MORE (noun)
The noun SIR THOMAS MORE has 1 sense:
1. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
Familiarity information: SIR THOMAS MORE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
More; Sir Thomas More; Thomas More
Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
I had the honour to have much conversation with Brutus; and was told, that his ancestor Junius, Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the younger, Sir Thomas More, and himself were perpetually together: a sextumvirate, to which all the ages of the world cannot add a seventh.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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