Definition of George Pitt

1. Noun. A British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855).

Exact synonyms: George Dibdin Pitt, George Dibdin-pitt, Pitt
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Pitt

George IV
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
George Lucas
George M. Cohan
George Macaulay Trevelyan
George Marshall
George Mason
George Meany
George Meredith
George Michael Cohan
George Orson Welles
George Orwell
George Otto Trevelyan
George Paget Thomson
George Percy Aldridge Grainger
George Pitt (current term)
George S. Kaufman
George Sand
George Segal
George Simon Kaufman
George Stephenson
George Stevens
George Szell
George Town
George V
George VI
George Vancouver
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush
George Washington

Literary usage of George Pitt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"George Pitt, first Baron Rivers (? 1722- 1803). Egremont. Sir George O'Brien Wyndham, third Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), patron of Turner and Constable. ..."

2. The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), During by William Hedges (1889)
"But we know that Consul John Pitt was nephew to the said George Pitt, and as we see by this will that Consul John Pitt's only surviving son and heir was ..."

3. Correspondence of William Pitt by William Pitt, William Stanhope Taylor, John Henry Pringle (1838)
"I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your most obliged, and most obedient humble servant, George Pitt. (') He was at this time member for the county of Dorset ..."

4. A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books: Or Books Written by Members of by Joseph Smith (1893)
"Mr. George Pitt. Mr. Pitt's Dinner Party. The Croydon Review and Railway ... Free Teas by George Pitt. " Polly put the kettle on, and we'll all have Tea," p ..."

5. The Antiquary (1887)
"His grandson, George Pitt of ... Earl Rivers, and relict of George Brydges, Lord Chandos, whose grandson, George Pitt, was created Baron Rivers in 1776. ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1828)
"George Pitt, second Lord Riven of ... Each of them was principally established by a great-grandson of John,—the former by George Pitt,esq. of Strathfield ..."

7. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1887)
"His grandson, George Pitt of ... Earl Rivers, and relict of George Brydges, Lord Chandos, whose grandson, George Pitt, was created Baron Rivers in 1776. ..."

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