Guinness

American  

[gin-is] / ˈgɪn ɪs /

noun

1. Sir Alec, 1914–2000, English actor.

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Guinness British  

/ ˈɡɪnɪs /

noun

1. Sir Alec. 1914–2000, British stage and film actor. His films include Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar, and Star Wars (1977); TV roles include Le Carré's George Smiley

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Example Sentences

This achievement has now been officially confirmed and recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

From Science Daily

In an era of amateurism, all her success came when she was working part-time in the postal office at a Guinness factory in London.

From BBC

As the head of beer quality for Guinness in the U.S., it’s his job to make sure that bartenders have everything they need to deliver drinkers a perfect pint of the brand’s signature stout.

From The Wall Street Journal

The system is so precise that it has produced the highest resolution images ever captured, allowing scientists to see individual atoms with extraordinary clarity, a capability recognized by Guinness World Records.

From Science Daily

The worries were heightened last week after Diageo, the parent company of Johnnie Walker and Guinness, cut its sales outlook and slashed its dividend.

From MarketWatch