Wolfe

American  

[woolf] / wʊlf /

noun

1. Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.

2. James, 1727–59, English general.

3. Thomas (Clayton) 1900–38, U.S. novelist.

4. Tom Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr., 1931–2018, U.S. novelist and journalist.

5. a male given name.

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Wolfe British  

/ wʊlf /

noun

1. James. 1727–59, English soldier, who commanded the British capture of Quebec, in which he was killed

2. Thomas ( Clayton ). 1900–38, US novelist, noted for his autobiographical fiction, esp Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

3. Tom, full name Thomas Kennerly Wolfe. born 1931, US author and journalist; his books include The Right Stuff (1979) and the novels Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), and A Man in Full (1998)

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Bumble was launched in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, who was also a co-founder of dating app giant Tinder.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Wraps also attract customers who avoid salads altogether, said Margaret-May Binshtok, a restaurants equity research analyst at Wolfe Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“We believe a ‘someday’ Starlink Mobile network is not priced into telecom stocks, and that Thursday’s news increases the probability and potential speed of that scenario,” wrote Peter Supino of Wolfe Research.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The one-of-a-kind nature of goods on the marketplace helps, said Shweta Khajuria, head of global internet research at Wolfe Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Later, these seven test pilots were further immortalized in the book The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe and in the award-winning 1983 movie of the same name.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson