Disney

[diz-nee]

noun

Walt(er E.),1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.

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Contemporary Examples of disney

Disney has a choice whether to produce a program with certain fictional characters; the storyline could be re-written or changed.
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Melissa Leon
December 25, 2014
“The night he sold The Sixth Sense to Disney, we were all together for dinner in LA,” Nagrani recalls.
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The essence of nearly every Disney film is that women need saving, preferably by a man from a superior social and economic class.
Sexism Begins in the Toy Aisle
Nancy Kaffer
November 29, 2014
Sure, but I was more of a musical theater geek than a Disney fan.
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack
Marlow Stern
November 25, 2014
The Disney princesses are really, in a way, seeking validation through men.
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack
Marlow Stern
November 25, 2014

Historical Examples of disney

On the seventh ballot, Mr. Hayes had 17; Mr. Ware, 12; and Mr. Disney, 3.
The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes
James Quay Howard
"Well, that did seem to be Mr Disney's view," said Southend.
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope
"Everybody else I've met has been horribly afraid of Mr Disney," she said in a half-whisper.
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope
She turned her head by chance, and found Mr Disney silent too, and looking at her.
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope
What then of the impressions Mina had gathered from Mr Disney's dinner-party?
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for disney

Disney

noun

Walt (er Elias). 1901–66, US film producer, who pioneered animated cartoons: noted esp for his creations Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and films such as Fantasia (1940)

Derived FormsDisneyesque, adjective

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Word Origin and History for disney

Disney

surname attested from mid-12c. (William de Ysini), from Isigny in the Calvados region of Normandy. Disneyesque, in reference to Walt Disney's cartooning style, is attested from 1939 (in W.H. Auden).