Proper noun
An English patronymic surname.
Alfred Tennyson, English poet and playwright.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDo you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson. Gerard Manley Hopkins
The full, the monstrous demonstration that Tennyson was not Tennysonian. Henry James
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. Samuel Butler (novelist)
Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man. A. N. Wilson
It strikes me as very strange that whereas Tennyson could support most of Mr. Buckley's propositions about free trade, and the private sector, and private enterprise, Tennyson found no difficulty also in lending intellectual support to the idea of Women's Liberation. Germaine Greer
Adaptations and cultural references 1899 illustration by W. E. F. Britten for Tennyson 's " Mariana Film adaptations * 1979 BBC version shot on videotape, directed by Desmond Davis, generally considered to be a faithful rendition of the play. Source: Internet