O. Henry

[oh hen-ree]

O. Hen·ry

[oh hen-ree]
noun
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Hen·ry

[hen-ree]
noun
1.
Joseph, 1797–1878, U.S. physicist.
2.
O., pen name of William Sydney Porter.
3.
Patrick, 1736–99, American patriot, orator, and statesman.
4.
Cape, a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
5.
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6.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “home” and “kingdom.”
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Por·ter

[pawr-ter, pohr-]
noun
1.
Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
2.
David, 1780–1843, U.S. naval officer.
3.
his son, David Dix·on [dik-suhn] , 1813–91, Union naval officer in the Civil War.
4.
Edwin Stanton, 1870–1941, U.S. film director.
5.
Gene (Gene Stratton Porter), 1868–1924, U.S. novelist.
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6.
Sir George, 1920–2002, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
7.
Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, U.S. writer.
8.
Noah, 1811–92, U.S. educator, writer, and lexicographer.
9.
Rodney Robert, 1917–85, British biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1972.
10.
William Sydney (“O. Henry”), 1862–1910, U.S. short-story writer.
11.
a male given name.
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O. Henry (əʊ ˈhɛnrɪ)
 
n
pen name of William Sidney Porter. 1862--1910, US short-story writer. His collections of stories, characterized by his use of caricature and surprising endings, include Cabbages and Kings (1904) and The Four Million (1906)

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