Claiborne

[kley-bawrn, -bohrn]

noun

1. a male given name.

Example Sentences

Every now and then people will refer to “Dolores Claiborne,” but oh, my God, especially men.

From Los Angeles Times

You know her from “Misery,” “Dolores Claiborne,” “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “The Office.”

From Los Angeles Times

In the frantic opening scene of "Dolores Claiborne" — released 30 years ago — a violent scuffle unfolds just offscreen at the top of a staircase, before an elderly woman topples backward from a wheelchair and careens down a flight of stairs, where she lands with an audible crunch of balusters and bones.

From Salon

"Dolores Claiborne" hit like a battering ram into a cultural space that offered only two conceptions of b***hery—vile monster and bad** renegade—both of which grossly failed to represent real women living hardscrabble lives.

From Salon

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in a scene from the film "Dolores Claiborne," 1995.

From Salon