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Kingsley

[kingz-lee]

noun

  1. Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.

  2. Sidney, 1906–1995, U.S. playwright.

  3. a male given name.



Kingsley

/ ˈɪŋɪ /

noun

  1. Sir Ben. born 1943, British actor. He won an Oscar for his performance in the title role of the film Gandhi (1982); his later films include Schindler's List (1993) and Sexy Beast (2000)

  2. Charles. 1819–75, British clergyman and author. His works include the historical romances Westward Ho! (1855) and Hereward the Wake (1866) and the children's story The Water Babies (1863)

  3. his brother, Henry . 1830–76, British novelist, editor, and journalist, who spent some time in Australia. His works include Ravenshoe (1861) and the Anglo-Australian novels The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn (1859) and The Hillyars and the Burtons (1865)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Once Kingsley Coman opened the scoring after five minutes at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, those dreams of an almighty shock were all but extinguished.

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Sophie Kemp, from the law firm Kingsley Napley, which represented some of the families, said it was a "disappointing decision" but that it had been important to challenge the government's policy.

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Kingsley Hayes, partner at KP Law working on behalf of Justice for Harrods, which represents at least 260 women, said the scheme "falls short of addressing the true impact on those affected".

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CEO Jason Kingsley tells BBC Newsbeat he was walking in the Lake District when the idea of using the real-life Windscale story "as a trigger point for a fictionalised version of the disaster" began to take shape.

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Now studying at the University of York, Mr Hood was attending Kingsley School in Bideford when the pandemic hit.

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