Algernon. 1622–83, English Whig politician, beheaded for his supposed part in the Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II and the future James II: author of Discourses Concerning Government (1689)
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Sir Philip. 1554–86, English poet, courtier, and soldier. His works include the pastoral romance Arcadia (1590), the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591), and The Defence of Poesie (1595), one of the earliest works of literary criticism in English
Sidney in American English1
(ˈsɪdni)
noun
a masculine and feminine name: dim. Sid
Word origin
< the surname Sidney, prob. reduced < St. Denis
Sidney in American English2
(ˈsɪdni)
Sir Philip1554-86; Eng. poet, soldier, & statesman