Sully
111Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, baron de Rosny, duke de — (1560 1641) statesman Born to a Protestant family at their château at Rosny, Maximilien de Béthune, baron de Rosny, duke de Sully was a childhood friend of king henry iv. A trusted adviser, his talents were first used as a military engineer …
112Sully, Helen V. — (1904–1997) Friend of Clark Ashton Smith (daughter of Genevieve Sully, a married woman with whom Smith carried on a longtime affair) and correspondent of HPL (1933–37). She visited HPL in Providence in early July 1933; HPL also took her to… …
113Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duque de — ► (1560 1641) Estadista francés. Intervino en la redacción del edicto de Nantes (1598). Miembro del Consejo de Finanzas desde 1596, superintendente de Hacienda y gobernador de La Bastilla a partir de 1602. Dejó unas importantes Memorias. * * *… …
114Sully County — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Sully County Country and Admin Code US.SD.119 US …
115Sully — I. biographical name Duc de 1560 1641 Maximilien de Béthune Baron de Rosny French statesman II. biographical name Thomas 1783 1872 American (English born) painter …
116sully — I. transitive verb (sullied; sullying) Etymology: Middle English *sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian Date: 15th century to make soiled or tarnished ;… …
117Sully — /sul ee/; for 1 also Fr. /syuu lee /, n. 1. Maximilien de Béthune /mannk see mee lyaonn deuh bay tyuun /, Duc de, 1560 1641, French statesman. 2. Thomas, 1783 1872, U.S. painter, born in England. * * * …
118sully — Synonyms and related words: abuse, attaint, bedaub, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, betray, black, blacken, blemish, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, censure, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debauch, deceive,… …
119sully — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. soil, stain, tarnish, smear; defile, dishonor, blemish, stigmatize. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To soil] Syn. blot, stain, spot; see dirty . 2. [To defame] Syn. shame, debase,… …
120sully — sul|ly [ˈsʌli] v past tense and past participle sullied present participle sullying third person singular sullies [T] formal or literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old French soiller; SOIL2] to spoil or reduce the value of something… …
