Tolkien

[tohl-keen, tol-]

noun

1. J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) 1892–1973, English novelist, philologist, and teacher, born in South Africa.

Tolkien

/ ˈtɒlkiːn /

noun

1. J ( ohn ) R ( onald ) R ( euel ). 1892–1973, British philologist and writer, born in South Africa. He is best known for The Hobbit (1937), the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), and the posthumously published The Silmarillion (1977)

Other Word Forms

• Tolkienesque adjective

Example Sentences

Priestley had strong connections to the University of Oxford where Tolkien stood as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College.

From BBC

Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, is already at work, providing its data platform Foundry to several parts of the government.

From Salon

Tolkien’s description of the Balrog as a being of “shadow and flame.”

From Los Angeles Times

She said, for Tolkien, Welsh language was the main influence, particularly in his more popular works.

From BBC

Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago.

From Salon