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byword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Byword may
refer to:
Byword (horse), a
thoroughbred racehorse and sire from the
United Kingdom Byword (saying)...
-
Byword (foaled 13
February 2006) is a British-bred, French-trained
Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Unraced as a two-year-old, he
showed promising form...
- A
proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an
adage is a simple,
traditional saying that
expresses a
perceived truth based on
common sense or experience. Proverbs...
- Casino, the
gambling center ... that has made
Monte Carlo an
international byword for the
extravagant display and
reckless dispersal of wealth". It is also...
- A dodo, the bird that
became a
byword in the
English language for the
extinction of a species...
- on him.
Caiaphas is
mentioned throughout the
works of
William Blake as a
byword for a
traitor or Pharisee.
Caiaphas and his
ossuary are the
subjects of...
- the
words of The
Daily Telegraph: "This
multinational banking family is a
byword for wealth,
power – and discretion... The
Rothschild name has
become synonymous...
- "Hawk-e****" is a
byword for
visual acuity...
- mistresses. As a result, his
Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia,
became a
byword for
libertinism and nepotism,
which are
traditionally considered as characterizing...
- dear to me,
especially as he will be
called by that dear name
which is a
byword for all that is
great and good." Consequently, he was
baptised "Albert Frederick...
