Lardner

American  

[lahrd-ner] / ˈlɑrd nər /

noun

1. Ring(gold Wilmer) 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.

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Lardner British  

/ ˈlɑːdnə /

noun

1. Ring ( old Wilmer ). 1885–1933, US short-story writer and journalist, whose best-known works are collected in How to Write Short Stories (1924) and The Love Nest (1926)

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Example Sentences

Gregory Husisian, of the law firm Foley & Lardner, said clients who had previously declined to consider such transactions are now reconsidering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

In Britain, where the family lived for more than a decade, Hannah Weinstein produced movies and television series using blacklisted actors and writers like Ring Lardner Jr. and Ian McLellan Hunter.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Kise left the megafirm Foley & Lardner to be one of Trump’s attorneys.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

When the strike turned to dust a project Donal Lardner Ward was pitching, he decided to dust off what he called the 40-year “elephant in the room.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Veteran turf writer John Lardner printed the information, “but this,” he admitted, “had little or no bearing on the race.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand