Woollcott

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Definition

Proper noun A surname, most famously associated with Alexander Woollcott, a United States drama critic, journalist, and radio personality.

Usage

This word is used almost exclusively as a proper noun to refer to the specific historical figure, Alexander Woollcott, or to others sharing his surname. * He was a close friend of the Algonquin Round Table members like Woollcott. * The biography provides new insights into Woollcott's radio career.

Advanced Usage
  • "Woollcottian" (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of Alexander Woollcott, particularly his witty, acerbic, and theatrical style of criticism and conversation.
    • The review was written in a delightfully Woollcottian vein.
Variants and Related Words
  • Woollcottian (adj): As described above.
Synonyms
  • Critic
  • Journalist
  • Personality (as in radio personality)

Note: These are synonyms for the roles Alexander Woollcott held, not direct synonyms for the proper noun "Woollcott".

Noun
  1. United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943)

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