Proper noun
Anton (plural Antons)
A male given name from Latin.
I did not like the colonel at all. He had eyes like razors...the eyes of a machine. An educated machine... I realised he was drinking less than we were...And that he was playing with me. That he was a realist... Also that Anton was careless with his tongue... John Fowles
(Referring to the music of Anton Bruckner) "Nightmarish hangover style" (traumverwirrten Katzenjammerstil) Eduard Hanslick
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor. Gene Wilder
I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids. Rob Brydon
It was very emotional, actually. In the front of the book I wrote something Anton Chekhov wrote to the woman he ended up spending the rest of his life with: "Hello, the last page of my life." Which I thought was very appropriate. Daniel Radcliffe
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them. Scarlett Thomas