Du Maurier

American  

[doo mawr-ee-ey, dyoo, dy moh-ryey] / du ˈmɔr iˌeɪ, dyu, dü moʊˈryeɪ /

noun

1. Dame Daphne Lady Browning, 1907–1989, English novelist.

2. her grandfather George Louis Palmella Busson 1834–96, English illustrator and novelist.

3. her father Sir Gerald (Hubert Edward Busson) 1873–1934, English actor and theatrical manager.

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Du Maurier British  

/ djuː ˈmɒrɪˌeɪ /

noun

1. Dame Daphne. 1907–89, English novelist; author of Rebecca (1938) and My Cousin Rachel (1951)

2. her grandfather, George Louis Palmella Busson ('pæmɛlə ˈbjuːs ^ə n) 1834-96, British novelist and illustrator; author Trilby (1894)

3. his son, Sir Gerald ( Hubert Edward ). 1873–1934, British actor-manager: father of Daphne Du Maurier

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Example Sentences

Du Maurier wrote “The Birds” in 1952, but the story differs strikingly from Hitchcock’s 1963 treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Du Maurier sets her tale in December, in agricultural Cornwall, one of the most desolate and isolated counties of England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Manderley was based on Menabilly, an abandoned house near Fowey in Cornwall, which had bewitched Du Maurier as a girl.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018

Du Maurier was not the most intellectual of writers.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018

At one point in his diary he notes that he was reading Trilby, the 1894 best seller by George Du Maurier about a young singer, Trilby O’Farrell, and her possession by the mesmerist Svengali.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson