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Definition of Munro
1. Noun. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
Definition of Munro
1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish from=Scottish Gaelic dot=), variant of Monroe. ¹
2. Noun. (British) Any Scottish mountain having a height of more than 3,000 feet; named after Sir Hugh Thomas Munro, Scottish mountaineer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Munro
Literary usage of Munro
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 (1894)
"Munro was author of the following papers : 4 Discovery [by Lieutenant W. Munro] of
... When Munro retired from active service and established himself at ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1890)
"2oc Munro Libbey» Laura J. All for love of a fair face. ... Black, W. p. aoc Munro
Nebraska» Laws passed by legislative assembly at its H. Gi/ton, st. fr. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"The appellee filed his bill in that court, praying that the appellants and James
Munro, Samuel Snow, and Benjamin Munro, late merchants trading under the ..."
4. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Himalaya; ascends to 6000 feet. Height 60 feet. Dendrocalamus Hookeri, Munro..
Himalaya; ascends to 6000 feet. Height 50 feet. Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"The bill is drawn by Benjamin Munro, in his own name, but it contains a direction
to charge the same to John Innés Clarke and Munro, Snow & Munro, ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1830)
"WE are told by the editor, that this third volume, consisting entirely of the
correspondence of Sir T. Munro, was arranged in consequence of the very ..."
7. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"Previous to his returning to India, colonel Munro married, 30th March, 1814, ...
On his arrival, colonel Munro immediately began to discharge the arduous ..."
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