…(1816–94), Confederate army officer; full name Jubal Anderson Early. He nearly reached Washington, DC, in an 1864 raid, but was defeated several months later by Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley and was relieved of his command…
…a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time…
…medieval, Renaissance, and early baroque music, especially as revived and played on period instruments…
…a person who starts using a product or technology as soon as it becomes available…
…the practice of shutting business premises on a particular afternoon every week…
…denoting the earliest stage of English Gothic church architecture, typical of the late 12th and 13th centuries and marked by the use of pointed arches and simple lancet windows without tracery…
…a person who leaves early, especially a person who abandons a pension plan before the expected date…
…used in reference to the sending off of a sports player during a match…
…an occasion when someone goes to bed before the usual time…
…the practice of leaving employment before the statutory age, especially on favourable financial terms…
…it is too soon to be sure how a situation will develop…
…a radar system in North America set up during the Cold War for the early detection of a missile attack…
…a network of radar stations established at the boundary of a defended region to provide advanced warning of an aircraft or missile attack…
…the person who takes the earliest opportunity to do something will gain the advantage over others…
…a destructive fungal disease of potatoes resulting in dry brown rot of the tubers…
…a destructive fungal disease of potatoes resulting in dry brown rot of the tubers…
…(1816–94), Confederate army officer; full name Jubal Anderson Early. He nearly reached Washington, DC, in an 1864 raid, but was defeated several months later by Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley and was relieved of his command…
