Herzl

[ her-tsuhl; English hurt-suhl, hairt- ]

noun
  1. The·o·dor [tey-aw-dohr], /ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr/, 1860–1904, Hungarian-born Austrian Jewish writer and journalist: founder of the political Zionist movement.

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How to use Herzl in a sentence

  • Theodore Herzl returned to his people because the other people did not want him.

    Against the Current | Edward A. Steiner
  • It is difficult of course to say what would have been my view-point had I met Theodore Herzl twenty or more years ago.

    Against the Current | Edward A. Steiner
  • Indeed, until the time of Herzl all the most prominent protagonists of Zionism were Christians.

  • With the advent of Herzl, however, Zionism was no more a matter of domestic concern only.

    The Jewish State | Theodor Herzl
  • Herzl was not so distant from his people as many of the Russian Zionists at first surmised.

    The Jewish State | Theodor Herzl

British Dictionary definitions for Herzl

Herzl

/ (German ˈhɛrtsəl) /


noun
  1. Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1860–1904, Austrian writer, born in Hungary; founder of the Zionist movement. In The Jewish State (1896), he advocated resettlement of the Jews in a state of their own

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