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Greene

American  
[green] / grin /

noun

  1. Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.

  2. Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.

  3. Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.


Greene British  
/ ɡriːn /

noun

  1. Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)

  2. Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

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The signs that Mr. Greene sees are the symptoms of an ill justice system.

From The Wall Street Journal

Congressman Al Greene, of Texas, was escorted out of the chamber - for a second year in a row.

From BBC

A former ally — Marjorie Taylor Greene, previously a GOP congresswoman for Georgia — is among the critics.

From MarketWatch

Someone yelled, “Avalanche!” according to Rusty Greene, operations captain for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times

Police found Greene, 60, dead in his apartment Dec. 12.

From Los Angeles Times