DREW

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• DREW (noun)
  The noun DREW has 1 sense:

1. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

  Familiarity information: DREW used as a noun is very rare.

• DREW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Drew; John Drew

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

 Context examples 

Ah! He drew in his breath with a shrill, excited intake.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he stood upright while Hans drew the rope taut across the overhead branch.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Then he threw himself down into the chair opposite, and drew up his knees until his fingers clasped round his long, thin shins.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was beauty, and it drew him irresistibly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Several times he stopped and drew in the fresh morning air in great sniffs, reading a message which made him leap on with greater speed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The passengers drew back with a sigh of gladness, which seemed to mock my own disappointment.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

So she rubbed them out, and drew little nosegays and likenesses of me and Jip, all over the tablets.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I think I, too, cried aloud, as I drew the knife at my hip and sprang forward a second time.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A second was a bedroom, which also drew blank.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)