[wahyl-der] 
| 1. | Billy (Samuel Wilder ), born 1906, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria. |
| 2. | Laura In⋅galls [ing-guhlz] , 1867–1957, U.S. writer of children's books. |
| 3. | Thorn⋅ton (Niv⋅en) [thawrn-tn niv-uhn] , 1897–1975, U.S. novelist and playwright. |
| samuel wilder | |
noun | |
| United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002) [syn: Wilder] |