Cheever

American  

[chee-ver] / ˈtʃi vər /

noun

1. John, 1912–82, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Cheever British  

/ ˈtʃiːvə /

noun

1. John. 1912–82, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Wapshot Chronicle (1957) and Bullet Park (1969)

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Example Sentences

In her new book, she further relates that Cheever wrote the story reluctantly and in a hurry to pay her orthodontist, “a Tarrytown guy who had his eye on a larger house.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

In the New York City suburbs where Ms. Cheever and her two brothers grew up, she was a witness to many sources of her father’s inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Ella Cheever Thayer’s 1879 hit novel Wired Love: A Romance in Dots and Dashes suggests that both can be true.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

Each has the narrative power of a John Cheever story, as artist Cary Leibowitz, co-head of the print department at the Phillips auction house, said in a telephone interview.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Cheever was temporary clerk or scribe employed by the examining magistrates to take minutes of the testimony.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen