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31nobility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) High rank Nouns 1. nobility, aristocracy, quality, gentility, rank, condition, title, distinction, [blue] blood, [high] birth, high degree; pedigree, lineage. See posterity, ancestry, superiority, pride …
32Gentleman — The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis , belonging to a race or gens , and man , cognate with the French word gentilhomme and the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo ), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family,… …
33Language of flowers — For the indie pop band, see Language of Flowers (band). For the song written by the composer Edward Elgar, see The Language of Flowers. Purple lilac symbolizes first emotions of love in the language of flowers. The language of flowers, sometimes… …
34Dorothy (opera) — Queen of my Heart , Dorothy s hit song, was very popular as a parlour ballad. Dorothy is a comic opera in three acts with music by Alfred Cellier and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. The story involves a rake who falls in love with his disguised… …
35Oak View, Norwood, Massachusetts — Oak View General information Architectural style Second Empire Town or city 289 Walpole Street Norwood, Massachusetts Country USA Construction started 1870 …
36Anne Clark Martindell — (July 18, 1914 ndash; June 11, 2008) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, as well as a diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1979 1981.Anne Clark was born in New York City on July 18, 1914 to… …
37la-di-da — /lah dee dah /, Informal. interj. 1. (used as an expression of derision directed at affected gentility or pretentious refinement.) adj. 2. affected; pretentious; foppish: a la di da manner. n. 3. an affected or pretentious person. 4. behavior or… …
38Mississippi — /mis euh sip ee/, n. 1. a state in the S United States. 2,520,638; 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Cap.: Jackson. Abbr.: MS (for use with zip code), Miss. 2. a river flowing S from N Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: the principal river of the… …
39Moore, Brian — born Aug. 25, 1921, Belfast, N.Ire. died Jan. 10, 1999, Malibu, Calif., U.S. Irish born Canadian novelist. Moore immigrated to Canada in 1948 and was a writer for the Montreal Gazette from 1952. He is best known for his first novel, The Lonely… …
40Williams, Tennessee — orig. Thomas Lanier Williams born March 26, 1911, Columbus, Miss., U.S. died Feb. 25, 1983, New York, N.Y. U.S. playwright. The son of a traveling salesman and a clergyman s daughter, he lived in St. Louis from age 12. After attending several… …
