Osborne

[ oz-bern, ‐bawrn, ‐bohrn ]

noun
  1. John (James), 1929–94, English playwright.

  2. Thomas Mott, 1859–1926, U.S. prison reformer.

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How to use Osborne in a sentence

  • Mr. Osborne was repeatedly warned to leave the country, but he paid no attention to the warnings.

  • Mr. Osborne's pronounced Northern principles had made him very obnoxious to those who sympathized with the South.

  • A little apart from the fire stood a group of men, and in their midst Mr. Osborne, with a rope around his neck.

  • Not only was Mr. Osborne's house in flames, but his barn and outbuildings, as well as stacks of grain.

  • When she came to she was in her father's arms, the men had gone, and bending over her was Helen Osborne, bathing her face.

British Dictionary definitions for Osborne

Osborne

/ (ˈɒzbən, -ˌbɔːn) /


noun
  1. John (James). 1929–94, British dramatist. His plays include Look Back in Anger (1956), containing the prototype of the angry young man, Jimmy Porter, The Entertainer (1957), and Inadmissible Evidence (1964)

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