noun
United States playwright (1888-1953)
• Syn: ↑Eugene O'Neill, ↑Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑playwright
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/oh neel"/, n.
1. Eugene (Gladstone), 1888-1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
2. Thomas P(hilip) ("Tip"), born 1912, U.S. politician: congressman 1953-87; speaker of the House 1977-87.
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[ō'nēl]Eugene (Gladstone) (1888 - 1953), U.S. playwright. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his first full-length play, Beyond the Horizon (1920). Other notable works: Desire under the Elms (1924), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), The Iceman Cometh (1946), and Long Day’s Journey into Night (1956, posthumously). Nobel Prize for Literature (1936)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.