Gorky n 1: Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts [syn: {Maksim Gorky}, {Gorki}, {Maxim Gorki}, {Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov}, {Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov}] 2: an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky [syn: {Nizhnyi Novgorod}, {Nizhni Novgorod}, {Gorki}, {Gorkiy}]