has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span> Wikipedia Topographic surname, from Middle English ake (“oak”) + royd (“clearing”). <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyds</span>) A surname from Middle...
(uncountable) The fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching. 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, page 189: A spell of schoolmastering there...
seditionaries) An inciter or promoter of sedition; a seditionist. 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 233: They believed the...
Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times[1]: Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span> on the set of The Hurt Locker....
(now chiefly historical) A recoining of money. [from 17th c.] 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 18: A total recoinage...
sufficient age to vote in popular elections. [from 19th c.] 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 317: [T]he old demands...
person, which can be issued to anyone suspected of an offence. 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 200: Wilkes himself was...
by British industrialist Richard Arkwright. [from 18th c.] 2016, Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 214: The water-frame itself...
of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 106: It had become what Peter <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span> calls, in London: The Biography, 'a mere counting house'. The biggest counting...
whitegoods pl (plural only) Alternative form of white goods. 2009 February 15, Liz <span class="searchmatch">Ackroyd</span>, “Bargains at the click of a button”, in Herald Sun[1], archived from...