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Definition of James Barrie
1. Noun. Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937).
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright
Lexicographical Neighbors of James Barrie
Literary usage of James Barrie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British and American Drama of To-day: Outlines for Their Study by Barrett Harper Clark (1921)
"... James Barrie Sir James Barrie was born at Kirriemuir in I860. Receiving his
education at Dumfries and Edinburgh University, he turned to journalism, ..."
2. The Antiquary (1873)
"... and James barrie (S;) Item furth of ye land of Dauid ... and James Barrie his
sonc and furth of ye samy land to the ..."
3. Historical and Topographical Notes, Etc. on Buttevant: Castletownroche by James Grove White (1905)
"6465, 27 January, 1600-1, Nicholas Barrie, alias Mac James of Annagh; wife, Sawe
ny Dalie; James Barrie, of same; wife, Ellinor Lombard; Robert Barrie, ..."
4. Minstrelsy of the Merse: The Poets and Poetry of Berwickshire : a Country by William Shillinglaw Crockett (1893)
"T)ECAUSE James Barrie, "the Earl of Buchan's JJ own poet-laureate," as Sir Walter
Scott dubbed him, was so well known in the south-west of Berwickshire he ..."
5. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council, Peter Hume Brown, Evan Whyte Melville Balfour-Melville, Henry Paton (1906)
"... James Barrie and David Hoig above named, with our handes at the pen led be
the notaris wnder ..."
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