Witte

[ vit-uh; Russian vyee-tyuh ]

noun

1. Ser·gei Yu·lie·vich [sur-, gey, , yool, -y, uh, -vich, syi, r, -, gyey, , yoo, -lyi-vyich], 1849–1915, Russian statesman.

Witte

/ ˈvjitjə; ˈvɪtə /

noun

1. WitteSergei Yulievich18491915MRussianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sergei Yulievich (sjɪrˈɡjej juˈljevitʃ). 1849–1915, Russian statesman; prime minister (1905–06). As minister of finance (1892–1903) he tried to modernize the Russian economy

Example Sentences

“It’s unfortunate, because our kids deserve a lot better,” Witte said.

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He met and married his first wife, Jacqueline Witte, in 1949, when they were members of an acting troupe in Illinois.

From The Daily Beast

To be sure, Witte's Repertorium biblicum is cited (p. 286), but this is the least useful of Witte's books.

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The Witte and the Plaats are the two leading clubs at the Hague.

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Hoo-doo is nearly related to Po-vo-reek, who is the principal chief of Teer-a-witte.

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He went with the three young men, who, for his sake, did not go to the Witte; and they walked to Scheveningen.

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Upon my return from Japan, I showed the above diagram to M. Witte, who agreed that it was correct.

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