Cerf

American  

[surf] / sɜrf /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Upon winning the court battle, Cerf and Random House cleverly marketed the book with an “elite patina” to a mass audience, Ms. Feldman observes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He came away impressed from an early trip to the U.S.S.R., where he said he was “the last Cerf in Russia,” but was a vocal opponent of censorship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Minnow Cerf faced down the whale David Sarnoff, head of RCA.

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