Tilney
Proper noun
Meaning
Tilney (plural Tilneys)
A habitational surname.
Phrases with the word
Anagrams
Examples
A further group of seven men, Edward Havington, Charles Tilney, Edward Jones, John Charnock, John Travers, Jerome Bellamy, and Robert Gage, were tried and convicted shortly afterward.
Catherine persuades Eleanor to show her Mrs Tilney's rooms, but General Tilney suddenly appears.
General Tilney: A stern and rigid retired general with an obsessive nature, General Tilney is the sole surviving parent to his three children Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor.
A subsequent letter from Isabella herself confirms the Tilney siblings' doubts about the engagement and shows that Frederick Tilney was merely flirting with Isabella.
Catherine also meets their father, the imposing General Tilney.
Enraged, General Tilney returned home to evict Catherine.