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Ralegh

noun

English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618). Synonyms: Raleigh, Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Walter Ralegh, Walter Raleigh.

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... Discoverie of the Empire of Guiana. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knt. Edited, with copious Explanatory Notes, and a Biographical Memoir, by Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, ...

— Short Studies on Great Subjects • James Anthony Froude

... William de Ralegh was consecrated on the 25th September 1239 at St. Paul's by Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury. He had been a chaplain of King Henry, and having received the education of a lawyer, from 1224-35 he visited various parts of the kingdom as a justiciary. On the death of Peter ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich - A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See • C. H. B. Quennell

... Ralegh.—Still another famous Englishman of Elizabeth's time was Walter Ralegh. He never saw the coasts of the United States, but his name is rightly connected with our history, because he tried again and again to found colonies on our shores. In 1584 he sent Amadas and Barlowe to explore ...

— A Short History of the United States • Edward Channing

Words linked to "Ralegh" : Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, coloniser, Walter Ralegh, courtier, Sir Walter Ralegh, colonizer