Pinter

American

[pin-ter] / ˈpɪn tər /

noun

Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.

Pinter British

/ ˈpɪntə /

noun

Harold. 1930–2008, English dramatist. His plays, such as The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), No Man's Land (1974), Moonlight (1993), and Celebration (2000), are noted for their equivocal and halting dialogue: Nobel prize for literature 2005

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Other Word Forms

Pinteresque adjective

Example Sentences

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About the author: Andres Pinter is senior managing director of turnaround and restructuring at Ankura, a management consulting firm.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Her many famous interviewees over the years include George Clooney, ex-US president Bill Clinton, Damien Hirst, Madonna and Harold Pinter.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

Pressman answered in the affirmative, but before she did there was a pause as lengthy as any in a Harold Pinter play.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The best actor nominees include Andrew Scott for a one-man “Vanya” at the Duke of York’s Theater, and James Norton for his performance in “A Little Life” at the Harold Pinter Theater.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

I do hope Harold Pinter knows about all this, by the way; who would have thought the pause had such a long and significant history?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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