Chekhov

or Tche·khov

[ chek-awf, -of; Russian chye-khuh f ]

/ ˈtʃɛk ɔf, -ɒf; Russian ˈtʃyɛ xəf /

noun

An·ton Pa·vlo·vich

[an-ton pav-loh-vich; Russian uhn-tawn puh-vlaw-vyich] /ˈæn tɒn pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ; Russian ʌnˈtɔn pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/,1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.

Example sentences from the Web for chekhov

Cynthia Ozick has called this peerless master of the short story “our Chekhov.”

Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature |Malcolm Jones |October 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The play even makes reference to Chekhov, giving it enough elitist cred for some voters.

Who’ll Win a 2013 Tony Award—and Who Deserves To |Janice Kaplan |June 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Readers familiar with Chekhov, Gogol, Pushkin or Turgenev have already tasted some 19th-century Russian gothic literature.

This Week’s Hot Reads: April 22, 2013 |Mythili Rao |April 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
We all know about Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Dostoevsky, but what about their compatriot, Nikolai Leskov?

The Forgotten Russian: The Genius of Nikolai Leskov |Benjamin Lytal |April 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Chekhov has talked about this, that any designation besides writer (Russian writer, whatever) was a diminishment.

Ron Rash: How I Write |Noah Charney |February 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Chekhov, certainly, with his extraordinary modesty and his dislike of phrase-making, would never have said anything like that.

Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov |Maxim Gorky
Chekhov had never been to the place before he bought it, and only visited it when all the formalities had been completed.

Letters of Anton Chekhov |Anton Chekhov
A wretched dentist used contaminated forceps in extracting a tooth, and Chekhov was attacked by periostitis in a malignant form.

Letters of Anton Chekhov |Anton Chekhov
Chekhov and "O. Henry" were both great writers because they copied nobody.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story |Various
Owing to various causes in no way connected with Chekhov, this scheme came to nothing.

Letters of Anton Chekhov |Anton Chekhov

British Dictionary definitions for chekhov

Chekhov

Chekov

/ (ˈtʃɛkɒf, Russian ˈtʃɛxəf) /

noun

Anton Pavlovich (anˈtɔn ˈpavləvitʃ). 1860–1904, Russian dramatist and short-story writer. His plays include The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1900), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904)

Derived forms of Chekhov

Chekhovian or Chekovian (tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən), adjective

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Chekhov

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Chekov

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Derived forms of Chekhov