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Wolfe

[woolf]

noun

  1. Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.

  2. James, 1727–59, English general.

  3. Thomas (Clayton) 1900–38, U.S. novelist.

  4. Tom Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr., 1931–2018, U.S. novelist and journalist.

  5. a male given name.



Wolfe

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. James. 1727–59, English soldier, who commanded the British capture of Quebec, in which he was killed

  2. Thomas ( Clayton ). 1900–38, US novelist, noted for his autobiographical fiction, esp Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

  3. Tom, full name Thomas Kennerly Wolfe. born 1931, US author and journalist; his books include The Right Stuff (1979) and the novels Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), and A Man in Full (1998)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In George C. Wolfe’s revival, the character is a Black woman struggling not just with her frustrated dreams of stardom displaced onto her children but with the injustice of history itself.

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The Broadway performance that cut the deepest for me was Audra McDonald as Rose in George C. Wolfe’s revival of “Gypsy,” a harrowing reexamination of the musical through the historical prism of race.

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The four justices who dissented against Trump are women, so William Wolfe, former aide to Al Mohler, used it as evidence that women cannot be trusted with power.

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The first guest on Meghan's podcast was Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of dating app Bumble, who also suffered from the condition.

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For much of the production, directed by George C. Wolfe, I was quibbling and quarreling with the reigning queen of Broadway.

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