Maugham

[mawm]

noun

W(illiam) Som·er·set

[suhm-er-set, -sit] /ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt, -sɪt/, 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.

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Examples from the Web for maugham

Maugham once confided to Christopher Isherwood his unrealized wish, when he turned seventy, to return to India and study Shankara.
Maugham's Love Life|Brad Gooch|June 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This delicious comedy was put on paper 290 while Maugham was acting as British agent in Switzerland during the war.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
Finally I must compliment Mr. Maugham on his ironical title.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914|Various
Frohman produced all of Maugham's plays in America, and most of them were great successes.
Charles Frohman: Manager and Man|Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

The circumstances in which Caroline was written give an interesting reflex on Maugham as an artist.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
The ideal woman does not require to be "many women" to a man of the right kind in the sense suggested in Mr. Maugham's play.
Woman and Womanhood|C. W. Saleeby

British Dictionary definitions for maugham

Maugham

noun

W (illiam) Somerset. 1874–1965, English writer. His works include the novels Of Human Bondage (1915) and Cakes and Ale (1930), short stories, and comedies

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