Kipling

American  

[kip-ling] / ˈkɪp lɪŋ /

noun

1. (Joseph) Rudyard 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.

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Kipling British  

/ ˈkɪplɪŋ /

noun

1. ( Joseph ) Rudyard (ˈrʌdjəd). 1865–1936, English poet, short-story writer, and novelist, born in India. His works include Barrack-Room Ballads (1892), the two Jungle Books (1894, 1895), Stalky and Co (1899), Kim (1901), and the Just So Stories (1902): Nobel prize for literature 1907

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Example Sentences

Mr. McDougall justifies his lucid and expansive method by quoting Rudyard Kipling: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Rudyard Kipling was honored at a dinner at the club on April 2, 1898, where guests enjoyed beef fillet and lamb medallions alongside Chateau Mouton Rothschild, 1882 vintage, according to a menu preserved there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

He took it from Rudyard Kipling, I think.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Richard Kipling loved his sweet 1926 Spanish-style house in the Altadena area of Los Angeles.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

It was shady and luxurious, with tall shutters and a big, cool porch—everyone from Rudyard Kipling to FDR had stayed there—but it wasn’t much bigger than a big private house.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt