Definition of Chekov

1. Noun. Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Chekov

Chehalem berry
Chehalem blackberry
Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes alabamensis
Cheilanthes eatonii
Cheilanthes gracillima
Cheilanthes lanosa
Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Cheka
Chekhov
Chekhov's gun
Chekhovian
Chekov (current term)
Chelicerata
Chelidonium
Chelidonium majus
Chelifer
Chelifer cancroides
Chelm
Chelone
Chelone glabra
Chelonethida
Chelonia mydas
Chelonidae
Cheloniidae

Literary usage of Chekov

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Anton Chekov Genius THE artist, Yegor Savich, who in the summer months boards with the widow of an officer, is sitting on the bed in his room in a state ..."

2. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1917)
"... The Choice of a Tutor by Denis Von Vizin, and The Wedding by Chekov ; The Jubilee, an . unpleasant bit by Chekov, that just misses being a powerful ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... 7 July 1966 Here is the second use: The good doctor is a Neil Simon pastiche of Chekov stories, with a narrator who is Chekov himself — Judy Barbour, ..."

4. Poet Lore (1921)
"... Pierre de Ronsard 415 Translated by Grace Wallace Anton Chekov, The Master of the Gray Short-Story N. ..."

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