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Sir Walter Ralegh

noun

English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618). Synonyms: Ralegh, Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Walter Ralegh, Walter Raleigh.

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... great poet Ronsard's visits to this country; of the distinguished company of English actors which delighted the court of Henry IV. of France; and of Ben Jonson's discreditable drunken exploits in the French capital when he went thither as tutor to Sir Walter Ralegh's son. To these episodes might well be added the pleasant personal intercourse of Francis Bacon's brother, Anthony, with the great French essayist Montaigne, when the Englishman was sojourning at Bordeaux ...

— Shakespeare and the Modern Stage - with Other Essays • Sir Sidney Lee

Words linked to "Sir Walter Ralegh" : colonizer, Sir Walter Raleigh, coloniser, courtier, Walter Raleigh, Raleigh