Davies

UK: /ˈdeɪvɪs/ US: (dā′vēz)

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Da•vies  (dā′vēz), n. 

Arthur Bow•en  (bō′ən), 1862–1928, U.S. painter.
1. Biographical Joseph Edward, 1876–1958, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
2. Biographical (William) Robertson, born 1913, Canadian novelist, playwright, and essayist.

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Davies / ˈdeɪvɪs/ noun

1. Sir John. 1569–1626, English poet, author of Orchestra or a Poem of Dancing (1596) and the philosophical poem Nosce Teipsum (1599)
2. Sir Peter Maxwell. 1934–2016, British composer whose works include the operas Taverner (1967), The Martyrdom of St Magnus (1977), and Resurrection (1988), nine symphonies, and the ten Strathclyde Concertos; Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014)
3. (William) Robertson. 1913–95, Canadian novelist and dramatist. His novels include Leaven of Malice (1954), Fifth Business (1970), The Rebel Angels (1981), What's Bred in the Bone (1985), and The Cunning Man (1994)
4. W(illiam) H(enry). 1871–1940, Welsh poet, noted also for his Autobiography of a Super-tramp (1908)