Bridges, Robert Syllabification: (Bridg·es, Robert)Pronunciation: /ˈbrijiz/Definition of Bridges, Robert (1844–1930), English poet and literary critic; poet laureate 1913–30; full name Robert Seymour Bridges. His long philosophical poem, The Testament of Beauty (1929), was written in the Victorian tradition. Bridges, Robert in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bridges, Robert in the British & World English dictionary