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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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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