GRIFFITH

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

1. United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)

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

• GRIFFITH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

D. W. Griffith; David Lewelyn Wark Griffith; Griffith

Instance hypernyms:

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

 Context examples 

Lead author Sally Wasef of Australia's Griffith University explained to the press, The ibis was considered to represent the god Thoth, the god of wisdom, the god of magic, the god of judgment, writing all sorts of things (...) If you had a boss that annoys you and you don't feel like you are getting a good judgment from him or you want fairness and justice, you go and ask Thoth to interfere and in return you promise to offer him an ibis, a mummified ibis, in his annual feast.

(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)