Zelig
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Zelig
From Leonard Zelig , main character in Zelig , 1984 film by W. Allen
Example Sentences
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Mike Borzello was Zelig in a chest protector.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024
Acin was advised by fintech-focused investment bank Zelig and law firm Withers.
From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2022
Mr. Taibbi described Mr. Baker, who served as Twitter’s deputy general counsel and vice president beginning in June 2020, as “something of a Zelig of FBI controversies dating back to 2016.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2022
He was glamorous and itinerant, omnipresent and elusive, with echoes of both Ripley and Zelig.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022
Of the many men and women employed there, only one person had the distinction of getting fellowship from old Zelig.
From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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