Dashwood
Proper noun
Meaning
Dashwood
A surname.
Examples
Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood.
Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge." -Elinor Dashwood.
Ashe p. 155 Dashwood now sat in the House of Lords after taking up the title of Baron Le Despencer after the previous holder died.
Blackett-Ord p. 44 The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Sir Francis Dashwood, citation and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766.
His 2002 novel The Adventuress of Henrietta Street features characters carrying on the Hellfire tradition, while the Faction Paradox audio plays, Sabbath Dei and The Year of the Cat, feature Francis Dashwood as a secondary character.
Characters Family trees Main characters * Elinor Dashwood — the sensible and reserved eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood.