Shreve
Proper noun
Meaning
Shreve (plural Shreves)
A surname.
Israel Shreve, an American colonel of the Continental Army
Examples
The Mets allowed pitchers Chasen Shreve, Nick Tropeano, Paul Sewald and Ariel Jurado to go free; Tropeano was claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh in October, before owner Steve Cohen bought the team from the Wilpon and Katz families.
Even non-readers are vaguely familiar with their names: Janet Evanovich, Stephen King, Elizabeth Berg, Anita Shreve and Dean Koontz.
In its first full year under our ownership, MCG, led by President and CEO Jon Shreve, outperformed our optimistic expectations and finished the year with profits up more than 25 percent.
The Shreve family in Arlington dates from the arrival of Samuel Shreve from New Jersey about 1780.
The Mathews-Dickey Boys’ Club on Shreve and Natural Bridge became “my home away from home,” he recalled.
It was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon in the contemporary Art Deco style.