Brooks

American  

[brooks] / brʊks /

noun

1. Gwendolyn, 1917–2000, U.S. poet and novelist.

2. Phillips, 1835–93, U.S. Protestant Episcopal bishop and pulpit orator.

3. Van Wyck 1886–1963, U.S. author and critic.

4. a male given name.

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Brooks British  

/ brʊks /

noun

1. Geraldine . born 1955, Australian writer. Her novels include March (2005), which won the Pulitzer prize

2. Mel , real name Melvyn Kaminsky . born 1926, US comedy writer, actor, and film director. His films include The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1996)

3. ( Troyal ) Garth. born 1962, US country singer and songwriter; his bestselling records include Ropin' the Wind (1991) and Scarecrow (2001)

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Example Sentences

Fallen fruit squishes under shoes as people walk back to the scales with their buckets full of red Bing and Brooks cherries, and yellow Rainiers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The all-male headline line-up so far also includes US country singer Garth Brooks on Friday 27 June, one day before Ateez.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka played in an alternate-field event, the Myrtle Beach Classic, after returning to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Brooks said after the band parade there was "a complete lack of parental responsibility for some of the individuals who came down here purely to just cause chaos".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

In 1881 a Massachusetts investor, Peter Chardon Brooks III, commissioned Burnham & Root to build the tallest office building yet constructed in Chicago, which he planned to call the Montauk.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson