Munro

[ muhn-roh ]

noun

1. Alice (Laid·law) [leyd, -law], born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
2. H(ector) H(ugh) Saki, 1870–1916, Scottish novelist and short-story writer, born in Myanmar (Burma).

Munro

¹

/ mʌnˈrəʊ /

noun

1. mountaineering any separate mountain peak over 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles

Munro

²

/ mʌnˈrəʊ /

noun

1. MunroAlice1931FCanadianWRITING: short-story writer Alice, original name Alice Laidlaw. born 1931, Canadian short-story writer; her books include Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), and The Love of a Good Woman (1999); winner of the Booker international prize (2009) for a lifetime body of work
2. MunroH(ector) H(ugh)18701916MScottishWRITING: short-story writer H ( ector ) H ( ugh ), pen name Saki. 1870–1916, Scottish author, born in Burma (now Myanmar), noted for his collections of satirical short stories, such as Reginald (1904) and Beasts and Superbeasts (1914)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Munro¹

C20: named after Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919), who published a list of these in 1891

Example Sentences

Munro is a great writer; a wise writer; a free and brave, exacting, transformative, generous, and profoundly discreet writer.

From The Daily Beast

I interviewed Munro once, in 1996, when her Selected Stories was published.

From The Daily Beast

Alice Munro, the 82-year-old Canadian author, is one of the greatest short-story writers of our time.

From The Daily Beast

The winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature is Canadian short story writer Alice Munro.

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Munro grew up in the thirties in small towns around Lake Huron in Canada.

From The Daily Beast

Major Hector Munro took command of the British army, and found it in a mutinous condition; desertions to the enemy were frequent.

From Project Gutenberg

Munro has promised you a gift for your services when performed, and I shall be your debtor for another.

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Magua foolishly opened his mouth, and the hot liquor led him into the cabin of Munro.

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Munro was pacing his narrow apartment with a disturbed air and gigantic strides as Duncan entered.

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If the air of Munro was more commanding and manly, it wanted both the ease and insinuating polish of that of the Frenchman.

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