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Aristiʹdes (4 syl.).
Surnamed The Just. An Athenian statesman.
‘Then Aristides lifts his honest front,
Spotless of heart; to whom the unflattering voice
Of Freedom gave the noblest name of ‘Just.ʹ”
The British Aristides. Andrew Marvell (1620–1678).
The French Aristides. Mons. Grévy, born 1813, president of the Third Republic 1879–1887, died 1891. He was a barrister by profession.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.