Rhys

American  

[rees] / ris /

noun

1. Jean Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams, 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.

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Rhys British  

/ riːs /

noun

1. Jean ( Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams ). ?1890–1979, Welsh novelist and short-story writer, born in Dominica. Her novels include Voyage in the Dark (1934), Good Morning, Midnight (1939), and Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)

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Example Sentences

In 2025, the 240-capacity venue staged shows by indie heroes like Gruff Rhys, King Creosote and Throwing Muses - as well as the last-ever show by US folk singer Peggy Seeger.

From BBC

Its chief executive Dafydd Rhys said: "The arts are delivering real, tangible health benefits for people and communities and now we have the independent, robust evidence to prove it."

From BBC

Our Town has been partly funded by a recent one-man tour by Matthew Rhys, another of Wales's biggest acting names.

From BBC

To overcome this barrier, Smetana teamed up with computational seismologists Rhys Hawkins and Jeannot Trampert from Utrecht University, along with Matthias Schlottbom and Muhammad Hamza Khalid from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily

Rhys Lewis, from Rhymney, Caerphilly county, described it as "a nightmare" when early morning trains are cancelled and he is late getting to work in Cardiff for a 9:30 meeting.

From BBC