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  • proper noun Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
  • proper noun The Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey.
  • proper noun A habitational surname.

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Examples

  • WENTWORTH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: John Daly of the United States waits to play a shot on the 18th hole during the Final Round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on May 24, 2009 in Virginia Water, England.

    FanHouse 2009

  • HELEN MARTEN chosen by RICHARD WENTWORTHSculptor Richard Wentworth is quite clear why 24-year-old Helen Marten is a young artist to watch: "I admire her sureness, fearlessness and lack of hubris," he says.

    Meet the best new artists in Britain Kate Kellaway 2010

  • Wentworth is put on the trail to Dawson after Shorty extracts the $1,000 Smoke paid him for the single potato.

    “I am only a wild girl, and I am afraid of the world....” 2008

  • Amos Wentworth is the only member of the party without scurvy.

    “I am only a wild girl, and I am afraid of the world....” 2008

  • Ciaran Hinds superbly played the role of Captain Wentworth who was still besotted with the character of Anne Elliott after 8 years.

    Filmstalker: Films to get married to 2006

  • Without a word Wentworth stepped across the room, unlocked his trunk, and from its depths drew the sable coat that Hedin had last seen upon the shoulders of Jean McNabb as she walked from the store upon that memorable Saturday.

    The Challenge of the North 1921

  • [Page 119] when Captain Wentworth, overhearing Anne Elliot's words to Captain Harville, writes the letter to her which reopens a world of happiness to them both.

    Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends 1901

  • Whenever it rained, I thought of Anne Elliot meeting Captain Wentworth, when driven by a shower to take refuge in a shoe-shop.

    Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends 1901

  • We can ourselves bear witness to the "hardness of the pavement" below, which Captain Wentworth feared would cause "too great a jar" when he urged the young lady to desist from the fatal leap.

    Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends 1901

  • Do but assure me that I shall find you almost as merry as my Lady Anne Wentworth is always, and nothing shall fright me from my purpose of seeing you as soon as I can with any conveniency.

    Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888

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