Burckhardt

[ burk-hahrt; German boork-hahrt ]

noun

1. Ja·kob [yah, -kawp], 1818–97, Swiss historian.

Burckhardt

/ ˈbʊrkhart /

noun

1. BurckhardtJacob Christoph18181897MSwissHISTORY: historian Jacob Christoph . 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)

Example Sentences

It was in the month of March that Burckhardt and his companions had their hardest experience of the dreadful desert thirst.

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Coming in on the bus, Burckhardt watched critically out the window, seeking evidence of an explosion.

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None of the usual crowd were on the bus, so there wasn't anyone Burckhardt could ask about the explosion.

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She was wearing some kind of perfume, Burckhardt noted with what little of his mind was functioning at all.

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With fingers that kept stabbing the wrong holes, Burckhardt finally managed to dial the local police station.

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