Greene

American  

[green] / grin /

noun

1. Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.

2. Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.

3. Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.

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Greene British  

/ ɡriːn /

noun

1. Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)

2. Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

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Example Sentences

Mr. Greene’s story brought back fond memories of my time as a cash-starved student in Boston in the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Greene’s books include the novel “All Summer Long.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I have a big pile of old cookbooks that inspired a lot of the specific dishes in the book, but the best resource was the New York magazine archives, particularly Gael Greene’s old columns.

From Los Angeles Times

Whoever wins the seat will serve out the rest of Greene's term, which ends in January, but they must begin campaigning again immediately to win their own full term in Congress in the midterms.

From BBC

But Marjorie Taylor Greene is looming large in the minds of north-west Georgia voters as they prepare to choose who to replace her with in Washington.

From BBC