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Lermontov

American  
[lair-muhn-tawf, -tof, lyer-muhn-tuhf] / ˈlɛər mənˌtɔf, -ˌtɒf, ˈljɛr mən təf /

noun

  1. Mikhail Yurievich 1814–41, Russian poet and novelist.


Lermontov British  
/ ˈljɛrməntəf /

noun

  1. Mikhail Yurievich (mixaˈil ˈjurjɪvitʃ). 1814–41, Russian novelist and poet: noted esp for the novel A Hero of Our Time (1840)

"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

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A deputy battalion commander who goes by the call-sign "Lermontov" was in a reflective and dark mood.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2023

The European Space Agency said the captured image shows the Northern Hemisphere and Mercury’s characteristic pock-marked features, among them the 103-mile-wide Lermontov crater.

From Washington Times Oct. 2, 2021

“Joys are forgotten, but sadness, never,” Lermontov wrote, and he was probably right.

From Washington Post May 16, 2017

As for Powell and Pressburger, think of “The Red Shoes,” and of Anton Walbrook as Lermontov, the fierce and dapper impresario, who believes that art for which you don’t suffer is scarcely art at all.

From The New Yorker May 27, 2016

In Lermontov there is nothing slovenly; but there is a great deal that is flat and sullen.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

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