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REYNOLDS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)

Synonyms:

Reynolds; Sir Joshua Reynolds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

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 Context examples: 

Mr. Gardiner, whose manners were very easy and pleasant, encouraged her communicativeness by his questions and remarks; Mrs. Reynolds, either by pride or attachment, had evidently great pleasure in talking of her master and his sister.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)