aubrey

English - English

Definition of aubrey in English English dictionary

A male given name from the same source, or transferred from the surname

Call him my king, by whose injurious doom / My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere, / Was done to death?.

A female given name of American usage since the 1970s

An English patronymic surname

An English surname derived ultimately from the Germanic name Alberic, alb "elf" + ric "power"

of American usage since the 1970s

from the same source, or transferred from the surname

{i} male first name; female first name; family name; town in Texas (USA); town in Arkansas (USA)

Related Terms

Aubrey Beardsley

{i} Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-1898), British illustrator who was famous for his outstanding original black and white (and often) depressing and erotic illustrations and drawings (which were very individual and typical of the Art Nouveau style)

Aubrey Beardsley

a British illustrator (=someone who draws pictures for books) who is famous for his black and white pictures with clear rounded lines (1872-98). born Aug. 21, 1872, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. died March 16, 1898, Menton, Fr. British illustrator. His only formal training was a few months of evening classes at the Westminster School of Art. His style was based on the work of Edward Burne-Jones and Japanese woodcuts, and he quickly became a master of the curvilinear black-and-white ornamental illustration popularized by the Art Nouveau movement. In 1893 he illustrated an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, and in 1894 he achieved notoriety with his erotic illustrations for the English version of Oscar Wilde's Salome. He became art editor and illustrator of the new quarterly The Yellow Book that same year. He died at age 25 of tuberculosis

Aubrey Solomon Eban

{i} Abba Eban (1915-2002), prominent Israeli diplomat and writer (born in South Africa), former Israeli ambassador to the USA and the United Nations

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

{i} (1872-1898) British illustrator who was famous for his outstanding original black and white (and often) depressing and erotic illustrations and drawings (which were very individual and typical of the Art Nouveau style)

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

v. born Aug. 21, 1872, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. died March 16, 1898, Menton, Fr. British illustrator. His only formal training was a few months of evening classes at the Westminster School of Art. His style was based on the work of Edward Burne-Jones and Japanese woodcuts, and he quickly became a master of the curvilinear black-and-white ornamental illustration popularized by the Art Nouveau movement. In 1893 he illustrated an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, and in 1894 he achieved notoriety with his erotic illustrations for the English version of Oscar Wilde's Salome. He became art editor and illustrator of the new quarterly The Yellow Book that same year. He died at age 25 of tuberculosis

Hyphenation

Au·brey

Turkish pronunciation

ôbri

Pronunciation

/ˈôbrē/ /ˈɔːbriː/

Etymology

[ 'o-brE ] (biographical name.) From the French names Aubrey, Aubrée and Aubry; derived ultimately from the Germanic name Alberic, alb "elf" + ric "power".