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sir roger de coverley — ˌräjə(r)də̇ˈkəvə(r)lē noun or sir roger Usage: usually capitalized S&R&C Etymology: sir roger de coverley alteration (influenced by Sir Roger de Coverley, fictitious country gentleman appearing in many of the Spectator papers by Joseph Addison… … Useful english dictionary
Sir Roger de Coverley — /ˈkʌvəli/ (say kuvuhlee) noun an English country dance performed by two facing rows of dancers. Also, Roger de Coverley. {from the name of a character in Addison and Steele s The Spectator (1711–14) …
Sir Roger de Coverley — an English country dance performed by two rows of dancers facing each other. [1680 90; earlier Roger of Coverly, appar. a fictional name] * * * … Universalium
Roger de Coverley — Roger de (or of) Coverley (also Sir Roger de Coverley or ...Coverly) is the name of an English Country Dance and a Scottish Country Dance (also known as The Haymakers ). An early version was published in The Dancing Master, 9th edition (1695)… … Wikipedia
roger de coverley — or roger of coverley Etymology: roger de coverley alteration (influenced by Sir Roger de Coverley, fictitious country gentleman appearing in many numbers of the daily periodical The Spectator conducted 1711 12 in England, from roger of coverley)… … Useful english dictionary
sir roger — noun see sir roger de coverley * * * Sir Roger) ● roger … Useful english dictionary
Roger de Coverley — noun → Sir Roger de Coverley …
Coverley — Recorded in many spellings including Coverley, Coverly, Coverlyn, Coveley, Covely, Covley, Covly, and no doubt others, this an English medieval surname. Famous for many years because of the now sadly forgotten dance known as the Sir Roger de… … Surnames reference
COVERLEY, SIR ROGER DE — member of the club under whose auspices the Spectator is professedly edited; represents an English squire of Queen Anne s reign … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Coverley — /kuv euhr lee/, n. Sir Roger de, a literary figure representing the ideal of the early 18th century squire in The Spectator, by Addison and Steele. * * * … Universalium
