Disney
[diz-nee]
- Walt(er E.),1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
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Contemporary Examples
Disney has a choice whether to produce a program with certain fictional characters; the storyline could be re-written or changed.
“The night he sold The Sixth Sense to Disney, we were all together for dinner in LA,” Nagrani recalls.
The essence of nearly every Disney film is that women need saving, preferably by a man from a superior social and economic class.
Sure, but I was more of a musical theater geek than a Disney fan.
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking AttackMarlow 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 AttackMarlow Stern
November 25, 2014
Historical Examples
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. HayesJames Quay Howard
"Well, that did seem to be Mr Disney's view," said Southend.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
She turned her head by chance, and found Mr Disney silent too, and looking at her.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
"Everybody else I've met has been horribly afraid of Mr Disney," she said in a half-whisper.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
What then of the impressions Mina had gathered from Mr Disney's dinner-party?
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
Disney
- 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)
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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).
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