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Shelley
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The English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 to 1822), known for works like "Ozymandias."
"Students studied Shelley's poetry alongside that of Byron and Keats."
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A given name, used for both men and women, taken from the surname.
"Shelley started her own bakery downtown."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known as the surname of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; also a common first name.
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Etymology
From Old English, meaning roughly "clearing on a riverbank."