Munro

American  

[muhn-roh] / mənˈroʊ /

noun

1. Alice (Laidlaw) born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.

2. H(ector) H(ugh) Saki, 1870–1916, Scottish novelist and short-story writer, born in Myanmar (Burma).

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Munro ¹ British  

/ mʌnˈrəʊ /

noun

1. 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. 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)

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Munro ² British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Munro

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

Example Sentences

Its 2H underlying was flat on the prior period, indicating more stable operating conditions, says analyst Ian Munro.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Rail accounts for over 20% of earnings, analyst Ian Munro says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Munro uncovered three documents – two from the London Archives and one from the National Archives – that provided more information.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"We understand how deeply distressing and concerning this incident is and we will have extra officers in the area to offer reassurance to the community," Det Supt James Munro said.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

As Mark Munro of the MIT Technology Review has written, “Our future prosperity is not going to come from buying more stuff, but from doing more for each other.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler