Bram-stoker
Bram
[bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
Contemporary Examples
Stoker Family Values Matthew Shaer October 29, 2009
A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? Clive Irving July 5, 2014
Historical Examples
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction Dorothy Scarborough
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 Various
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895 Various
Mark Twain’s Speeches Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
noun
a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship
noun
Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847–1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)
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