TREVELYAN

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• TREVELYAN (noun)
  The noun TREVELYAN has 2 senses:

1. English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962)

2. English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)

  Familiarity information: TREVELYAN used as a noun is rare.

• TREVELYAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Macaulay Trevelyan; Trevelyan

Instance hypernyms:

historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Otto Trevelyan; Sir George Otto Trevelyan; Trevelyan

Instance hypernyms:

historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

 Context examples 

Is there anything further which I can explain, Dr. Trevelyan?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I suppose that Dr. Trevelyan has told you of this most unwarrantable intrusion into my rooms.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is cut off this,” said Dr. Trevelyan, drawing a large coil from under the bed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Trevelyan and I looked at each other in bewilderment.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“My name is Doctor Percy Trevelyan,” said our visitor, “and I live at 403, Brook Street.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The young imp cannot be found,” said Dr. Trevelyan; “the maid and the cook have just been searching for him.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“This really grows outrageous, Mr. Blessington,” cried Dr. Trevelyan.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As our visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat, picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the door.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘A Russian nobleman who is now resident in England,’ it runs, ‘would be glad to avail himself of the professional assistance of Dr. Percy Trevelyan.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘You are the same Percy Trevelyan who has had so distinguished a career and won a great prize lately?’ said he.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)