Definition of Beckett

1. Noun. A playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989).

Exact synonyms: Samuel Beckett
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckett

Bechterew-Mendel reflex
Bechuana
Bechuanaland
Bechuanas
Beck's method
Beck's triad
Becke line
Becker
Becker's disease
Becker's muscular dystrophy
Becker's nevus
Becker's stain
Becker muscular dystrophy
Becker type muscular dystrophy
Becker type tardive muscular dystrophy
Beckett
Beckettian
Beckham
Beckhamesque
Beckhams
Becki
Beckley
Beckman thermometer
Beckmann's apparatus
Becks
Beckwith
Beckwith syndrome
Becky
Beclard's anastomosis

Literary usage of Beckett

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, Sidney Lee (1901)
"TBB À beckett, GILBERT ARTHUR "-1891), writer for ' Punch ' and for the stage, ... In the following year À beckett furnished the ' legend ' to Herman ..."

2. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"Mr. Arthur a beckett started a satirico-humorous paper of great ability and ... After a few ARTHUR A beckett. years of an active journalistic career (From ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1892)
"Soak v. Sw</t, 70 Md. 515; 14 Am. St. Rep. 381, and note. beckett v. ... as-provided in said notes; that said William D. beckett and John, M. beckett ..."

4. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry by Bernard Burke (1891)
"Mornington, Victoria, 18th June, 1867, registered at Berwick under the name of Arthur St. Thomas à beckett. 1. Emily, b. at Hyde Park-gate, со. ..."

5. Journal by United States, Congress (1912)
"beckett, Bennink, Bliss, Bohnett, Brown, Chandler, Crosby, Flint, Freeman, Gaylord, ... beckett. Benedict, Bliss, Bohnett, Brown, Butler, Callaghan, ..."

6. Early Editions: A Bibliographical Survey of the Works of Some Popular Modern by John Herbert Slater (1894)
"GILBERT ABBOTT 1 beckett (born 1811, died 1856) is better known as a ... Gilbert u beckett was on the original staff of Punch, and it is probable that he ..."

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