Greene

American  

[green] / grin /

noun

1. Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.

2. Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.

3. Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.

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Greene British  

/ ɡriːn /

noun

1. Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)

2. Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

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Example Sentences

Colicchio lives in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene with his wife, two of his three children and dog.

From The Wall Street Journal

Houston Food Bank, which distributes food and other essentials in southeast Texas counties, has been doing special distributions for TSA workers during the partial government shutdown, according to its president and CEO Brian Greene.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Greene’s story brought back fond memories of my time as a cash-starved student in Boston in the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Greene’s books include the novel “All Summer Long.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I have a big pile of old cookbooks that inspired a lot of the specific dishes in the book, but the best resource was the New York magazine archives, particularly Gael Greene’s old columns.

From Los Angeles Times