Flaherty
Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
Contemporary Examples
Media Ignores Rash of Assaults on Transgender Women Jay Michaelson June 5, 2012
Boston and New York’s Bravest Are Brothers Bonded by Tragedy Michael Daly April 14, 2014
Boston and New York’s Bravest Are Brothers Bonded by Tragedy Michael Daly April 14, 2014
Boston and New York’s Bravest Are Brothers Bonded by Tragedy Michael Daly April 14, 2014
Boston and New York’s Bravest Are Brothers Bonded by Tragedy Michael Daly April 14, 2014
Historical Examples
Uncle Sam Detective William Atherton Du Puy
Bats in the Wall P. T. Raymond
Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series Lady Gregory
Grey Roses Henry Harland
Chance Joseph Conrad
noun
Robert (Joseph). 1884–1951, US film director, a pioneer of documentary film; his work includes Nanook of the North (1922) and Elephant Boy (1935)
Read Also:
- La-follette
Robert Marion, 1855–1925, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1906–25. Contemporary Examples The Liberal Case for Stonewalling Samuel P. Jacobs January 4, 2011 The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics Michael Wolraich July 23, 2014 Historical Examples Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland Wigwam and War-path; Or the Royal Chief in Chains A. B. […]
- Bob-fosse
Robert Louis (“Bob”) 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director. noun a ditch or moat, esp one dug as a fortification n.
- Robert-frost
Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet. Contemporary Examples James Franco and Scott Haze on ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and Gawker ‘Outing’ Them As A ‘Couple’ Marlow Stern September 5, 2014 Historical Examples Confessions of a Book-Lover Maurice Francis Egan noun a white deposit of ice particles, esp one formed on objects out of doors at […]
- Anne-frank
Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947. Ilya Mikhailovich [ee-lyah myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /iˌlyɑ myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–90, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958. Leonhard [ley-awn-hahrt] /ˈleɪ ɔn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1882–1961, German novelist. Robert, born […]
- Fulton
Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat. a city in central New York. a city in central Missouri. a male given name. Contemporary Examples The Audacity of Poping Christopher Buckley March 25, 2009 Housing Market’s Hot Spots Run Counter to Weak Sales Overall June Fletcher December 12, 2011 Ferguson and […]