Definition of Trumbo

1. Noun. United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976).

Exact synonyms: Dalton Trumbo
Generic synonyms: Film Writer, Screenwriter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumbo

Troödos
Trp
Trucial States
Trudeau-mania
Trudeau mania
Trudeau salute
Trudeaumania
Trudi
Trudie
Trudy
True Cross
True North
Truffaut
Truman
Truman doctrine
Trumbo (current term)
Trumbull
Trump
Trumpian
Truncocolumella
Truncocolumella citrina
Trunecek's sign
Truro
Trusteeship Council
Truth or Dare
Trygve Halvden Lie
Trygve Lie
Trypan blue
Trypanoplasma

Literary usage of Trumbo

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

1. Pacific Coast Law Journal: Containing All the Decisions of the Supreme Court by California Supreme Court (1881)
"MYRICK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court: A Court Commissioner, appointed by a District Court, made an order appointing Trumbo a receiver in an action ..."

2. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House, SC Gen Assembly House (1847)
"... William M. Tredway Andrew Trumbo Mr. John Wentworth William W. Wick Hezekiah Williams Bradford R, Wood Joseph A. Woodward Bryan R. Young Jacob S. Yost. ..."

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