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Definition of Mrs. Simpson
1. Noun. United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication.
Generic synonyms: Divorcee, Grass Widow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mrs. Simpson
Literary usage of Mrs. Simpson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"I do not know anything of rats being in that house; am not clear whether I ever
heard of rats in the house from Mrs. Simpson, unless during that ..."
2. The Women of the American Revolution by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1856)
"Mrs. Simpson, who was sitting at the breakfast-table with her children, heard
the report of a gun, which caused her much alarm, for such a sound was unusual ..."
3. The Antiquary (1873)
"Mrs. Simpson bringt forward sensible and well-reasoned arguments m support of
her opinions, and her essay shows thought and extensive reading. ..."
4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1823)
"Mrs. Simpson is a little green-eyed in her matrimonial views. Mrs. Bromley is a
dashing, handsome, unexceptionable creature. Madame La Trappe, a lace dealer ..."
5. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"I do not know anything of rats being in that house; am not clear whether I ever
heard of rats in the house from Mrs. Simpson, unless during that ..."
6. The Women of the American Revolution by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1856)
"Mrs. Simpson, who was sitting at the breakfast-table with her children, heard
the report of a gun, which caused her much alarm, for such a sound was unusual ..."
7. The Antiquary (1873)
"Mrs. Simpson bringt forward sensible and well-reasoned arguments m support of
her opinions, and her essay shows thought and extensive reading. ..."
8. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1823)
"Mrs. Simpson is a little green-eyed in her matrimonial views. Mrs. Bromley is a
dashing, handsome, unexceptionable creature. Madame La Trappe, a lace dealer ..."
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