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Trevor Nunn

British  
/ ˌtrɛvə ˈnʌn /

noun

  1. Often shortened to: Trevorinformal a university degree graded 2:1 (second class upper bracket)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Trevor Nunn

C20: from rhyming slang, after Trevor Nunn (born 1940), British theatre director

Example Sentences

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She returned to the RSC in the title role of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, directed by Trevor Nunn.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

It has happened only once before at the company, when Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands shared the role from 1978 to 1986.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Actually, as I dredge through the jumble of the memory drawers, he and I go even further back than that wonderful Trevor Nunn production.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020

Red Joan Trevor Nunn directed this 2018 British spy drama inspired by the life of Melita Norwood, who supplied the Soviet Union with nuclear secrets while working as a secretary at a British research association.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2020

Trevor Nunn, the director, was more interested in exploring what connects human beings to felines.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020