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Definition of Orwell
1. Noun. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Derivative terms: Orwellian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orwell
Literary usage of Orwell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"This skull was obtained in January last from the captain of a dredger employed
on the river Orwell at Ipswich. It was found when deepening the channel in ..."
2. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1855)
"The sparry limestone at Orwell, when its relations are investigated, shows that
what my friend Prof. Rogers claims as having proved is not yet established, ..."
3. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United by John Bassett Moore (1898)
"THE RIVERS VERNON, Orwell, SEAL, CARDIGAN. FORTUNE, SOURIS. ... Vernon, Orwell,
Seal.—A line bearing S., 71° 15' E., (magnetic) from China Point to Port ..."
4. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"PARISH OF Orwell. ... interpretation peculiarly applicable to the property of
Orwell, ... by Kinross parish and Loch Leven on the south : and by Orwell ..."
5. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1876)
"A BURIED FOREST IN Orwell, ENGLAND. Mr. JE Taylor, according to Nature, has
discovered a buried forest in Orwell, England, ..."
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