william sydney porter

1. 1.

   United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)

   SynonymsPorterO. Henry

   Broaderwriter

Questions about william sydney porter

What does william sydney porter mean?

william sydney porter means "United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)".

What is another word for william sydney porter?

Close synonyms include Porter, O. Henry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is william sydney porter a common word?

william sydney porter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.