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Byword may
refer to:
Byword (horse), a
thoroughbred racehorse and sire from the
United Kingdom Byword (saying)...
- 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...
-
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...
- mistresses. As a result, his
Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia,
became a
byword for
libertinism and nepotism,
which are
traditionally considered as characterizing...
-
Artists and
writers have
referenced the story, and King
Cophetua has
become a
byword for "a man who
falls in love with a
woman instantly and
proposes marriage...
- Chen
Shimei is a
Chinese opera character and a
byword in
China for a
heartless and
unfaithful man. He was
married to Qin Xianglian, also
translated as...
- homo****uality. The
phrase "bitten peach"
became a
byword for homo****uality and Mizi Xia
became a
byword for a
young man
desired as a ****ual partner. Similar...
- pen name
Diedrich Knickerbocker by
writer Washington Irving, and was a
byword for a New York patrician,
comparable to a "Boston Brahmin". The Knickerbocker...
- 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...
- West,
where usurpation was rare) that the
modern term "byzantine"
became a
byword for
political intrigue and conspiracy. For
usurpation in the
Eastern Roman...
