Cerf

American  

[surf] / sɜrf /

noun

1. Bennett (Alfred), 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.

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Example Sentences

“And, so, we’re back,” Cerf said, “to Dave Farber’s ability to identify interesting people and to put them together.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“There’s an adage that I have come to quote repeatedly, and it is if you want to do something big, get help, especially from people who are smarter than you are,” Cerf said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

They had launched themselves in business two years earlier by acquiring the Modern Library, a line of affordable reprints, from a struggling firm where Cerf had worked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Then in 1966, an aging Cerf sold the firm to the conglomerate RCA, parent of NBC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

"I'm not sore. Senlis is a good place and we can stay at the Grand Cerf and take a hike in the woods and come home."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway