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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Mun•ro (mən rō′),USA pronunciation n. Alice (Laid•law) (lād′lô′),USA pronunciation born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.- Biographical H(ector) H(ugh) ("Saki''), 1870–1916, Scottish novelist and short-story writer, born in Burma.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Munro /mʌnˈrəʊ/ n ( pl Munros)- any separate mountain peak over 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles
Etymology: 20th Century: named after Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919), who published a list of these in 1891 Munro /mʌnˈrəʊ/ n - Alice, original name Alice Laidlaw. born 1931, Canadian short-story writer; her books include Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), and The Love of a Good Woman (1999)
- H(ector) H(ugh), pen name Saki. 1870–1916, Scottish author, born in Burma (now Myanmar), noted for his collections of satirical short stories, such as Reginald (1904) and Beasts and Superbeasts (1914)
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