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Hemingway

Hemingway

12 4.1
A family name that people have, known because of the writer Ernest Hemingway
  • proper noun
  • /ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ/
: Hemingway
  • So this is Hemingway's idea of a good death.
  • Ernest Hemingway
  • Mariel Hemingway
  • Mollie Hemingway

And and I like that Hemingway said I'm not there yet.

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Examples

  • Later she noticed that the bar itself was called the Bar Hemingway.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • You can fool me, but you cannot fool Hemingway.

  • As Hemingway said, "There is nothing noble..."

  • Between Wright and Hemingway alone, Oak Park was an artistic hotbed about 100 years ago.

    Blog text (24)
  • "Jonah has the good looks of an aging Hemingway, with all the wrinkles in the right places.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I ended up doing my senior thesis on Edmund Wilson, TS Eliot and Hemingway as critics.

  • Anyone familiar with the body of critical commentary on Farewell is aware of the broad spectrum of reactions generated by Hemingway's portrayal of his protagonist.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many students study the works of Hemingway to understand modern American literature.

  • The famous author Hemingway lived in Paris during the 1920s and wrote many of his classic novels.

  • In her essay, she discussed the influence of Hemingway on contemporary writing styles.

Synonyms

Lang
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110 2.5

A family name used by people in English and other languages

is chiefly known for one famous writer rather than broad multilingual use
Hurley
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29 7.4

A family name that some people use as their last name

is associated mainly with a single famous literary person
Serrano
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25 8.1

A Spanish family name used as a last name

is instead tied to one famous American writer rather than Spanish origin
Pulitzer
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13 6.8

A family name of people known for work in newspapers and publishing

is tied to one famous writer rather than a publishing family
Montes
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6 6.3

A last name from Spain or Portugal

is an English name mainly linked to a single famous writer
Mota
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2 8.2

A family name common in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries

is mainly famous because of one American writer rather than regional commonness
Mazel
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1 9.2

A family name used as a last name

is better known for one famous writer than general family use
Alcantara
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1 8.4

A family name from Spain and Portugal

is primarily known for a single famous writer not for Iberian origin

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hemingway is an English family name used by many people, not only the famous writer. It began as a surname in England and today is used simply to identify a family.