Chesterton

American  

[ches-ter-tuhn] / ˈtʃɛs tər tən /

noun

1. G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.

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Chesterton British  

/ ˈtʃɛstətən /

noun

1. G ( ilbert ) K ( eith ). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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Example Sentences

Chesterton observed, you can’t know which fences to remove until you understand why they were built.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Chesterton, the Catholic apologist, is said to have remarked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In a chapter titled “The War of the Gods and Demons,” Chesterton mocks the idea that soldiers in a war fight for “abstract” economic or geopolitical advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Mrs Chesterton told the BBC that when she found out her daughter had been seen by a physician associate, she did not know what one was.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

He visited Bobby in the jail and gave him a copy of The Apostle of Common Sense, a book about the writer G. K. Chesterton, which covered various matters of religion and culture.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady