Definition of George Orwell

1. Noun. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).

Exact synonyms: Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Blair, Orwell
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Derivative terms: Orwellian

Lexicographical Neighbors of George Orwell

George Hubert Wilkins
George I
George II
George III
George IV
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
George Lucas
George M. Cohan
George Macaulay Trevelyan
George Marshall
George Mason
George Meany
George Meredith
George Michael Cohan
George Orson Welles
George Orwell (current term)
George Otto Trevelyan
George Paget Thomson
George Percy Aldridge Grainger
George Pitt
George S. Kaufman
George Sand
George Segal
George Simon Kaufman
George Stephenson
George Stevens
George Szell
George Town
George V
George VI

Literary usage of George Orwell

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

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"I number them so that I can refer back to them —George Orwell, ... And George Orwell, in the very article we have quoted., lays it down as a rule that we ..."

2. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"AND OTHER ESSAYS The essays in this book, literary, political, or descriptive of experience, are typical of George Orwell and his role as the conscience of ..."

3. Myanmar (Burma) by Helmut Köllner, Axel Bruns (1998)
"Yet Rudyard Kipling himself, unlike his fellow-authors Somerset Maugham and George Orwell, never actually traveled along the "Road to Mandalay" - by which ..."

4. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"Some people are very much "more equal than others," as George Orwell perceived. ... George Orwell wouldn't have conceived of a Big Brother who's always ..."

5. Wit and Wisdom: A Public Affairs Miscellany by Colin Bingham (1982)
"... as agent for the Orwell Estate (Politics and the English Language and England Your England, by George Orwell, both published by Seeker and Warburg); ..."

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