Definition of John Ford

1. Noun. United States film maker (1896-1973).

Exact synonyms: Ford
Generic synonyms: Film Maker, Film Producer, Filmmaker, Movie Maker

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Ford

John Dory
John Dowland
John Drew
John Dryden
John Duns Scotus
John Eccles
John Edgar Hoover
John Edward Masefield
John Endecott
John Endicott
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fletcher
John Florio
John Ford (current term)
John Foster Dulles
John Galbraith
John Galsworthy
John Glenn
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Griffith Chaney
John Haldane
John Hancock
John Hancocks
John Hanning Speke
John Harvard
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Heming
John Hemminge

Literary usage of John Ford

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Four copies of commendatory verses are prefixed, and the play is dedicated ' To my worthily respected friends, Nathaniel Finch, John Ford, Esquires ¡Master ..."

2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"In John Ford 1 we are brought face to face with a very John Ford noteworthy ... It is probable that he was the John Ford who matriculated at Exeter College, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"JHE dramatic genius of the English Renaissance had well-nigh spent itself when the sombre creations of John Ford appeared ..."

4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"[John Ford belonged to a Devonshire family. He was bom in 1586, and his last work was published in 1639. In his younger days, while practising as a ..."

5. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1901)
"This is the masterpiece of John Ford, a poet born twenty-two years later than ... John Ford was baptised at Ilsington, near Ash- burton, in South Devon, ..."

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