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Forster

American

[fawr-ster] / ˈfɔr stər /

noun

E(dward) M(organ), 1879–1970, English novelist.

Forster British

/ ˈfɔːstə /

noun

E ( dward ) M ( organ ). 1879–1970, English novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His best-known novels are A Room with a View (1908), Howard's End (1910), and A Passage to India (1924), in all of which he stresses the need for sincerity and sensitivity in human relationships and criticizes English middle-class values

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Germany's Anna-Lena Forster defends her women's sitting title, but Spain's Audrey Pascual Seco will be a big danger.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He is the second goalkeeper to move to Vitality Stadium this month following the arrival of 37-year-old former Tottenham and Celtic stopper Fraser Forster on a six-month deal.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

“I don’t believe the bottom is in…the market expects outsized swings as we head into the new year,” Nick Forster, founder at crypto options platform Derive.xyz, wrote in a Tuesday note.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Forster and the computer scientist Alan Turing — all three being, like their creator, King’s College alumni.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

“Did not you think, Mr. Darcy, that I expressed myself uncommonly well just now, when I was teasing Colonel Forster to give us a ball at Meryton?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

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