Trevor

American  

[trev-er] / ˈtrɛv ər /

noun

1. William William Trevor Cox, 1928–2016, Irish short-story writer and novelist.

2. a male given name.

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Trevor British  

/ ˈtrɛvə /

noun

1. William , real name William Trevor Cox. born 1928, Irish novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Old Boys (1964), The Children of Dynmouth (1977), Felicia's Journey (1994), and The Story of Lucy Gault (2002)

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Since the spring revamp, Bilton has been rebuilding, adding New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat as a correspondent and Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips as contributors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Great Wealth Transfer has been talked about too much, and until it has actually happened, I don’t think people should count on it,” said Trevor Ausen, a financial adviser with Authentic Life Financial Planning.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The ability to share data “has been one of the most effective ways Flock has been able to help find, just last year, over 10,000 missing persons,” Flock spokesperson Trevor Chandler said in an interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

In images from 2024, Sánchez-Lavega and amateur astronomers Trevor Barry and Jean-Paul Oger noticed a faint, wavy band near Saturn's south pole.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

“You know what, you can have these,” I told Trevor and handed him the rest of the chocolates.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks