Day-Lewis

[dey-loo-is]

noun

C(ecil). Lewis, C(ecil) Day.
Daniel,born 1957, English actor (son of C(ecil) Day Lewis).

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for day-lewis

Contemporary Examples of day-lewis

Day-Lewis had seen the audition, and he wanted to fly in from Ireland so the two could read together.
Sally Field on Whether Mary Lincoln Was Bipolar, Oscars & More
Ramin Setoodeh
December 10, 2012
Day-Lewis “read a great deal about what Lincoln might have sounded like,” Kennedy said.
Tony Kushner: Obama Likes ‘Lincoln’
Abigail Pesta
November 16, 2012
When it came time to start filming, however, Day-Lewis explained to Kushner that it was time to move into a new mode.
Tony Kushner: Obama Likes ‘Lincoln’
Abigail Pesta
November 16, 2012
The first day she saw Day-Lewis in costume, it was “completely mesmerizing,” Kennedy said.
Tony Kushner: Obama Likes ‘Lincoln’
Abigail Pesta
November 16, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for day-lewis

Day-Lewis

Day Lewis

noun

C (ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012