Greene

[ green ]

noun

1. Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
2. Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.
3. Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.

Greene

/ ɡriːn /

noun

1. GreeneGraham19041991MEnglishWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)
2. GreeneRobert?15581592MEnglishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: writer Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

Example Sentences

Greene tried to delay the House vote on the bill by making a motion to adjourn the session.

From Washington Post

Fox News, its on-air personalities, the ex-president’s lawyers, the ex-president, Senate Republicans, Greene and House Republican leadership can all run, but they cannot hide.

From Washington Post

So, like Greene, Boebert still has a lot of room to define herself among Republicans.

From FiveThirtyEight

The degree to which the Trumpist hard-right is in the driver’s seat became clear when the GOP rallied behind Greene.

From Washington Post

Of course, Greene is still fundraising off her controversies — she says she has raised $175,000 — and had yet to address the incidents publicly until speaking on the floor Thursday during debate over the resolution.

From Vox

More women in office could lead to political compromise, said Jehmu Greene, founding board member of Vote Run Lead.

From The Daily Beast

Those were the last words Charlo Greene said as a reporter for KTVA TV in Anchorage, Alaska.

From The Daily Beast

Zephyr Teachout lives in a fifth-floor walkup in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast

And that was before someone dressed like an Afghan soldier killed Maj. Gen. Harold Greene.

From The Daily Beast

My Parents bought their first home in 1968, a Brownstone in Fort Greene, where my Father still lives.

From The Daily Beast

Nathaniel Greene, an officer in the revolutionary army, died, aged 46.

From Project Gutenberg

How far Greene was able to substantiate his claim before the university is not recorded; he died in October, 1630.

From Project Gutenberg

In December Greene, a general of far greater ability than Gates, took the chief command in the south.

From Project Gutenberg

He determined to advance, hoping to get between Greene and Virginia, and force him to fight before he received reinforcements.

From Project Gutenberg

Fred Greene said, one September afternoon as they were watching eagerly and impatiently for some move to be made.

From Project Gutenberg