Lermontov

American  

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

noun

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

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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)

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Example Sentences

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

All Russian poets have this gift of reality of conception and simplicity of treatment in a greater or a lesser degree; perhaps none has it in such a supreme degree as Lermontov.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice