Fugard

American

[fyoo-gahrd, foo-] / ˈfju gɑrd, ˈfu- /

noun

Athol (Harold), born 1932, South African playwright and actor.

Fugard British

/ ˈfuːɡɑːd /

noun

Athol (ˈæθəl). born 1932, South African dramatist and theatre director. His plays include The Blood-Knot (1961), Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1972), Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act (1974), and The Captain's Tiger (1999)

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Fugard

Fugard, who died last year, played a role in bringing international attention to the injustices of his homeland through plays that chronicled the human toll of such corrosive governmental policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Fugard lets his scholastic streak drive a good deal of the conversation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Fugard told him, “I can help you tell stories. I don’t know how to make a bomb.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Born in Middelburg, South Africa, in 1932 to an immigrant English father of Irish descent and a mother from an Afrikaner family, Fugard lived through the rise and fall of apartheid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

By this standard, Fugard was a model to us all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023