Salinger

American  

[sal-in-jer] / ˈsæl ɪn dʒər /

noun

1. J(erome) D(avid), 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Salinger British  

/ ˈsælɪndʒə /

noun

1. J ( erome ) D ( avid ) 1919–2010, US writer, noted particularly for his novel of adolescence The Catcher in the Rye (1951). His first novel for 34 years, Hapworth 16, 1924 was published in 1997

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Example Sentences

In this incisive, tragic account of the toll of war on the psychically wounded veteran, Salinger introduces Seymour Glass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

"The problem that people object to is that even if inflation is down, the prices are still higher and that's true but they're higher because of the natural working of market forces," Prof Salinger said.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

Salinger — any writer who can reflect us back to ourselves and help us discover who we are.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Salinger alter ego Buddy Glass, the voice of several of the author’s short stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Half the time I wrote like bad George Eliot, the other half like bad Salinger.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides