Maugham

[ mawm ]

noun

1. W(illiam) Som·er·set [suhm, -er-set, -sit], 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.

Maugham

/ ˈmɔːm /

noun

1. MaughamW(illiam) Somerset18741965MEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writerTHEATRE: dramatist W ( illiam ) Somerset. 1874–1965, English writer. His works include the novels Of Human Bondage (1915) and Cakes and Ale (1930), short stories, and comedies

Example Sentences

She also starred in the 1989 Broadway revival of “The Circle,” W. Somerset Maugham’s romantic comedy about love, marriage and fidelity, opposite Rex Harrison and Stewart Granger.

From Seattle Times

“Maugham,” his 1980 biography of the British playwright and novelist W. Somerset Maugham drew the special admiration of critics.

From New York Times

The novel’s electric prose established Mr. Amis as an important young English writer and won the Somerset Maugham Award for writers under 30.

From New York Times

An early American review of “Chocolat” compared its “intertwined themes of colonialism and forbidden love” to one of Somerset Maugham’s steamy Malaysian melodramas.

From New York Times

Supreme Court to intervene, if it felt Scotland had overreached, said Maugham, the lawyer.

From Washington Post