Du Maurier

[ doo mawr-ee-ey, dyoo; French dy moh-ryey ]

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noun

Dame Daphne Lady Browning, 1907–1989, English novelist.
her grandfather George Louis Pal·mel·la Bus·son [pal-, mel, -, uh, boo-, sohn, b, y, -, sawn], 1834–96, English illustrator and novelist.
her father Sir Gerald (Hubert Edward Bus·son) [b, y, -, sawn], 1873–1934, English actor and theatrical manager.

Du Maurier

/ djuː ˈmɒrɪˌeɪ /

Du MaurierDaphne19071989FEnglishWRITING: novelist Dame Daphne. 1907–89, English novelist; author of Rebecca (1938) and My Cousin Rachel (1951)
Du MaurierGeorge Louis Palmella Busson18341896MEnglishWRITING: novelistARTS AND CRAFTS: caricaturistARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator her grandfather, George Louis Palmella Busson ('pæmɛlə ˈbjuːs ^ən) 1834-96, British novelist and illustrator; author Trilby (1894)
Du MaurierSir Gerald (Hubert Edward)18731934MBritishTHEATRE: actor-manager his son, Sir Gerald ( Hubert Edward ). 1873–1934, British actor-manager: father of Daphne Du Maurier

Du Maurier was one of the great names of British theatre, she regarded ‘a summons’ from him to be a ‘bugle call from Olympus.’

The wonder of Du Maurier's essay, the astounding spectacle of his success, cannot be diminished by any such explanation of it.

We shall be the lonelier and the poorer hereafter for the silence which is to be where George du Maurier might have been.

He shortened his method as much as he could out of regard to Du Maurier's age, dignity, and affairs.

Du Maurier says the three prisoners were arrested the 22d of August; others assure us it was the 24th.

In a Letter to Du Maurier he speaks of this slander as what gave him great uneasiness.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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