Pinter

American  

[pin-ter] / ˈpɪn tər /

noun

1. Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.

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Pinter British  

/ ˈpɪntə /

noun

1. Harold. 1930–2008, English dramatist. His plays, such as The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), No Man's Land (1974), Moonlight (1993), and Celebration (2000), are noted for their equivocal and halting dialogue: Nobel prize for literature 2005

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Other Word Forms

• Pinteresque adjective

Example Sentences

Stefan Pinter, the union head at OKD's CSM mine, blamed "a decline in the use of fossil fuels and coal prices which make mining unprofitable".

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“At least in the short term, any property that lost its NFIP, its government-backed policy, is on its own uninsurable and probably unsellable without that,” Pinter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

In recent years, as the Odyssey welcomed the work of Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, María Irene Fornés and Gertrude Stein, Sossi connected a new generation of theater-makers with their audacious and influential forebears.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

Andres Pinter, chief executive of Bullet EV Charging Solutions, a supplier to the charging network said that his team "woke up to a sharp kick in the pants this morning," Reuters reported.

From BBC • May 1, 2024

I do hope Harold Pinter knows about all this, by the way; who would have thought the pause had such a long and significant history?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author