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Definition of Chekhov
1. Noun. Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904).
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chekhov
Literary usage of Chekhov
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Short Stories by Harry Christian Schweikert (1919)
"Chekhov (1861-1904) ^ As a young man Chekov was inclined to be satirically j
humorous, but he soon changed his point of view to one of I typical Russian ..."
2. Essays on Russian Novelists by William Lyon Phelps (1917)
"vn Chekhov ANTON PAVLOVICH Chekhov, like Pushkin, ... Chekhov was a man of the
South, being born at Taganrog, a seaport on a gulf of the ..."
3. Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome (1919)
"A PLAY OF Chekhov February 2ist. I SAW Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" acted by the cast
of the Art Theatre in the First Studio. This is a little theatre holding ..."
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